Scattered reports of acute anaphylactoid reactions to penicillin, some of them fatal, have been appearing with increasing frequency in recent months, and several of them have been published in the ...

but more severe reactions can be life-threatening. Anyone who has had a severe reaction in the past would need allergy testing and may be told never to take penicillin, Ms Oputu added. The charity ...

Medically reviewed by Corinne Savides Happel, MD When mold fungus spores reach the air, they can cause various allergy ...

Antibiotics are the main cause of life-threatening allergic reactions during surgery, a new report suggests. The Royal College of Anaesthetists says more patients are claiming to be allergic to ...

Patients are not eligible if they are pregnant, have a history of a type II IV allergic reaction to penicillin, have a recent (within the past five years) report of an immediate reaction to ...

Of 38 patch-test reactions, 15 (39%) were positive to antibiotics. The majority were due to penicillins (57% [12 of 21]); one in each case was due to cephalosporins (1 of 3), clindamycin (1 of 3 ...

Bacteriostatic antibiotics (eg, erythromycin, tetracycline) may diminish bactericidal effects. Potentiated by probenecid. May cause positive Coombs test, false positive reactions to Clinitest ...