Pregnant women safely tolerate amoxicillin direct oral challenges

Pregnant women with a history of penicillin allergy safely passed direct oral challenges for amoxicillin without preceding skin testing, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.
“Penicillin allergy delabeling in low-risk patients has been shown to be safe and effective in other patient populations,” Raymond Mak, MD, FRCPC, clinical instructor in the division of allergy and immunology in the department of medicine at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, told Healio.
Testing reveals that more than 90% of patients truly are

Pregnant women with a history of penicillin allergy safely passed direct oral challenges for amoxicillin without preceding skin testing, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.
“Penicillin allergy delabeling in low-risk patients has been shown to be safe and effective in other patient populations,” Raymond Mak, MD, FRCPC, clinical instructor in the division of allergy and immunology in the department of medicine at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, told Healio.
Testing reveals that more than 90% of patients truly are