Evaluating the Usefulness of Retesting for Beta-Lactam Allergy in Children.

Javier Iglesias-Souto; Ruperto González; Paloma Poza; Inmaculada Sanchez-Machín; Victor Matheu

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Evaluating the Usefulness of Retesting for Beta-Lactam Allergy in Children.

Javier Iglesias-Souto, Ruperto González, Paloma Poza, Inmaculada Sanchez-Machín, Victor Matheu

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Abstract

Many children with adverse reactions to beta-lactams are labelled as allergic without performing an allergy study to confirm it. In this retrospective study of 10 years, we have detected only 3.3% positive cases. Although International Guidelines recommend a second allergy work-up in patients with a negative study, we found from our results a low profitability of retesting.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1091-1093
Journal	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume	31
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e3182624d03
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Neurology
Surgery

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allergy workup
beta-lactam allergy
pediatric

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