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Preoperative cefazolin use for infection prophylaxis effective and safe in patients with self-reported penicillin allergy
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Preoperative cefazolin use for infection prophylaxis in patients with self-reported penicillin allergy is effective and safe suggests a new study published in BMC surgery.
8.9% of our patients reported non-IgE reactions to penicillin with a cross reactivity rate of 0.9% with cefazolin. 4.0% of our patients reported IgE reactions to penicillin with a cross reactivity rate of 4.0% with cefazolin. 10.5% of our patients reported non-IgE reactions to the penicillin family with a cross reactivity rate of 0.8% with cefazolin. 4.3% of our patients reported IgE reactions to the penicillin family with a cross reactivity rate of 4.0% with cefazolin.
Michaud, L., Yen, H.H., Engen, D.A. et al. Outcome of preoperative cefazolin use for infection prophylaxis in patients with self-reported penicillin allergy. BMC Surg 23, 32 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-023-01931-w
Michaud, L., Yen, H.H., Engen, D.A, Outcome, preoperative, cefazolin, use, infection, prophylaxis, patients, self-reported, penicillin, allergy, BMC Surgery
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