Direct challenges recommended for most antibiotic allergy evaluations
Physicians should perform graded direct challenges when patients at low risk for a reaction report an antibiotic allergy, according to a review published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. In addition to improving clinical outcomes, these challenges often provide cost and time savings compared with skin testing, Allison C. Ramsey, MD, allergy and clinical immunology, Rochester
United States Marianac Castells Allisonc Ramsey Daiichi Sankyo Harvard Medical School Rochester Regional Health
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