The impact of penicillin skin testing on clinical practice and antimicrobial stewardship.
Rimawi RH, Cook PP, Gooch M, Kabchi B, Ashraf MS, Rimawi BH, Gebregziabher M, Siraj DS.
Rimawi RH, et al.
J Hosp Med. 2013 Jun;8(6):341-5. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2036. Epub 2013 Apr 3.
J Hosp Med. 2013.
PMID: 23553999
BACKGROUND: Penicillin skin testing (PST) is a simple and reliable way of diagnosing penicillin allergy. ...We describe the negative predictive value (NPV) of PST and the impact on antibiotic selection in a sample of hospitalized patients with a reported hist …
BACKGROUND: Penicillin skin testing (PST) is a simple and reliable way of diagnosing penicillin allergy. ...We describe …