Medically reviewed by Alex Yampolsky, PharmD Amoxicillin and penicillin (also known as penicillin V potassium or penicillin G ...

Yet as many as nine in ten people – about four million of us – who believe they’re allergic to penicillin are not, according to the charity Antibiotic Research UK. In fact, this 90 per cent ...

The Royal College of Anaesthetists says more patients are claiming to be allergic to penicillin, leading to other riskier antibiotics being used. Out of nearly 300 life-threatening reactions ...

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Because of the high rate of cross-sensitivities and cross-reactions between neomycin and other antibiotics, patients should list neomycin as a medical allergy for the rest of their lives.

A systematic review and meta-analysis finds that the global prevalence of reported penicillin allergy is 9.4%, though most ...

Conclusion: Tigecycline is an alternative agent available for the treatment of resistant gram-negative and gram-positive infections, especially in patients with a history of a penicillin allergy ...

In this study 4 patients with bacterial endocarditis who were allergic to penicillin were treated with cephalosporin antibiotics; 1 patient received streptomycin simultaneously with cephaloridine.

They found that 80% to 90% of patients who reported they were allergic to penicillin, based on a recollected history of a reaction to the antibiotic, were incorrect when assessed by skin allergy ...