Andreaz Beaton News Today

A growing body of evidence indicates that some people thought to have an allergic response to injectable penicillin, the standard treatment for rheumatic heart disease, may instead be experiencing a cardiac reaction to the medicine, according to a new American Heart Association presidential advisory published today in Journal of the American Heart Association.

Advisory Highlights: Rare cases of people thought to be having an allergic response to injectable penicillin, the standard treatment for rheumatic

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