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Penicillin ‘allergy’ muddies the water and may increase rates of drug resistance and infection
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Penicillin ‘allergy’ muddies the water and may increase rates of drug resistance and infection
Wednesday 20 November 2019, 05:00 AM

Clinical microbiologist Juliet Elvy says penicillin is safe for many patients who believe they are allergic
Nine out of 10 patients who report an allergy to penicillin are not actually allergic, says Healthscope clinical microbiologist Juliet Elvy.
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Blumenthal KG, Lu N, Zhang Y et al. Risk of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile in patients with a documented penicillin allergy: population based matched cohort study. BMJ 2018;361:k2400 (online June 2018).
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Whyler N, Tomlin A, Tilyard M, et al. Ethnic disparities in community antibacterial dispensing in New Zealand, 2015. NZ Med J 2018;131,1480:50–60.