Opportunities for penicillin allergy evaluation in dental clinics.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate opportunities for assessing penicillin allergies among patients presenting to dental clinics.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Setting

VA dental clinics.

Patients

Adult patients with a documented penicillin allergy who received an antibiotic from a dentist between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2018, were included.

Methods

Chart reviews were completed on random samples of 100 patients who received a noncephalosporin antibiotic and 200 patients who received a cephalosporin. Each allergy was categorized by severity. These categories were used to determine patient eligibility for 3 testing groups based on peer-reviewed algorithms: (1) no testing, (2) skin testing, and (3) oral test-dose challenge. Descriptive and bivariat

SUBMITTER: Vivo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9726497 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature