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Prevalence of reported penicillin allergy and associations with perioperative complications, length of stay, and cost in patients undergoing elective cancer surgery.

Nico Christian GrossmannYves KerstingAndres AffentrangerLuca AntonelliFabian Joel AschwandenPhilipp BaumeisterGerhard MüllnerMarco RossiAgostino MatteiChristian Daniel Fankhauser
Published in: Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE (2023)
In patients undergoing cancer surgery, reported PA is common. Failure to question the unproven PA may impair perioperative outcomes. For this reason, patient and provider education on which reactions constitute a true allergy would also assist in allergy de-labeling. In addition, skin testing and oral antibiotic challenges can be performed to identify the safe antibiotics and to de-label appropriate patients.
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