Testing confirms very few parent-reported pediatric drug allergies

Although 7% of questioned parents believed that their child had a drug allergy, testing showed that only 0.05% of these children had a true drug allergy, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
These results indicate that parent statements alone are not enough to diagnose drug allergies in children, Murat Capanoglu, MD, of the department of pediatric allergy and immunology at University of Health Sciences, Ankara Child Health and Diseases Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital in Ankara, Turkey, and colleagues wrote.
When the researchers asked

Although 7% of questioned parents believed that their child had a drug allergy, testing showed that only 0.05% of these children had a true drug allergy, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
These results indicate that parent statements alone are not enough to diagnose drug allergies in children, Murat Capanoglu, MD, of the department of pediatric allergy and immunology at University of Health Sciences, Ankara Child Health and Diseases Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital in Ankara, Turkey, and colleagues wrote.
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