Allergological Study of 565 Elderly Patients Previously Labeled as Allergic to Penicillins.
Teodorikez-Wilfox Jimenez-RodriguezNatalia Blanca-LópezMaria Ruano-ZaragozaVictor Soriano-GomisAngel Esteban-RodriguezGeronima Riera-SendraAntonio Palazon-BruMiguel BlancaJose-Manuel Ramos-RincónFrancisco Javier Fernández SánchezPublished in: Journal of asthma and allergy (2019)
The risk for allergy to BLs decreases with age and a history of anaphylaxis by BLs is a predictor of positive results in skin tests (ST). Both immunoglobin E (IgE) and T-cell-mediated responses can disappear in elderly people, who can develop tolerance to these antibiotics. These results are of clinical relevance to patients who need to be treated with antibiotics from this family.