Girish Vitalpur MD, FAAP, FAAAAI Director, Allergy/ Immunology Fellowship Program Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Riley Hospital for Children Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the
conclusion of this talk, learners should:
Understand
the impact of a penicillin allergy label on a patient’s care;
Realize
that many of these allergy labels are not correct; and
Be
able to consider strategies for de-labeling penicillin “allergies” in
their own patients.
References:
Castells
M, Khan DA, Phillips EJ. Penicillin Allergy.
N Engl J Med. 2019 Dec 12;381(24):2338-2351. doi:
10.1056/NEJMra1807761.PMID: 31826341 Review.
