A direct oral penicillin challenge sufficed to remove an incorrect penicillin allergy label on people considered to have a low-risk history, the international PALACE trial found. Just 0.5% of people ...

Direct amoxicillin challenges appear safe for identifying infants and toddlers with unnecessary penicillin allergy labels, researchers report.

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday reported a shortage of an injectable form of penicillin, an antibiotic used to treat syphilis and other bacterial infections like strep throat. The drug ...

A 3-year review of national incident data identified the death of a patient because of an anaphylactic reaction to a penicillin-based antibiotic. They were inadvertently prescribed this antibiotic ...

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In 2004, Eric Lax wrote a well-regarded book about the development of penicillin, the world’s first so-called miracle drug. Titled “The Mold in Dr. Florey’s Coat,” it made a complicated scientific ...

Dr. Tiffany Wong, co-lead of a penicillin de-labelling project, has developed a tool for health-care professionals to assess ...

For years, whenever a healthcare provider asked whether you were allergic to any medications, you might have dutifully noted yes, penicillin, which happens to be the most common drug allergy of all.

Several pharmaceutical industry experts have voiced concerns over the government's plan to introduce minimum import prices ...

Research shows that most kids labeled allergic to penicillin actually aren’t. Here’s how to find out for sure. By Teresa Carr Dr. David Vyles, D.O. remembers the spring of 2009 as hectic. He was ...