Episode 918: What Happens If You Give a Cephalosporin to a Patient With Moderate, Severe, or Unknown Beta-Lactam Allergy?
Pharmacy Joe
MAY 1, 2024
Furthermore, even in the event of a true and serious allergy to penicillin, cross-allergenicity with cephalosporins is low and the reaction is mediated by B-cell memory which fades over time, often within 10 years. The documented allergy was severe in nature for 13% of patients, moderate for 43%, and unknown for 44%.
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