Penicillin Allergy

Beta-Lactam Allergy. Sinai Health System and University Health Network Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.

Davey P. Legendre, Christina A. Muzny, Gailen D. Marshall, Edwin Swiatlo; Antibiotic Hypersensitivity Reactions and Approaches to Desensitization, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 58, Issue 8, 15 April 2014, Pages 1140–1148, Available Here

Management of Penicillin and Beta-Lactam Allergy. NB Provincial Health Authorities Anti-Infective Stewardship Committee, September 2017.

Manica Sodhi, Sandra S. Axtell, Joyce Callahan, Raja Shekar; Is it safe to use carbapenems in patients with a history of allergy to penicillin?, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 54, Issue 6, 1 December 2004, Pages 1155–1157, Available Here

Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (Public Health Ontario). Antimicrobial Stewardship Strategy: Systematic antibiotic allergy verification. Toronto, ON: Queen’s Printer for Ontario; 2016.

Penicillin allergy and the use of beta-lactam antibiotics. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. June 2016. Available Here