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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Rate of penicillin allergy among health people: Observation from screening penicillin skin test |
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Won Sriwijitalai1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2
1 RVT Medical Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2 Visiting Professor, Hainan Medical University, Hainan, China
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| Date of Web Publication | 21-Aug-2017 |
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How to cite this article:
Sriwijitalai W, Wiwanitkit V. Rate of penicillin allergy among health people: Observation from screening penicillin skin test. Ann Trop Med Public Health 2017;10:759-60 |
How to cite this URL:
Sriwijitalai W, Wiwanitkit V. Rate of penicillin allergy among health people: Observation from screening penicillin skin test. Ann Trop Med Public Health [serial online] 2017 [cited 2021 Mar 1];10:759-60. Available from: https://www.atmph.org/text.asp?2017/10/3/759/188511 |
Dear Editor,
The problem of drug allergy can be seen worldwide. It becomes an important concern in public health. The penicillin is a common antibiotic that can cause allergy and the penicillin allergy can be fatal.[2] The data on the exact prevalence of penicillin allergy are very interesting. Of interest, Macy [2] noted that “millions of individuals falsely labeled with penicillin allergy need to be evaluated to safely allow them to use penicillin-class antibiotics and avoid morbidity associated with penicillin avoidance. Here, the authors report on rate of penicillin allergy among health people from an observation from screening penicillin-skin test. A group of health adult worker in a drug manufacturing factory was screened for possible penicillin allergy. From 35 screeners, the positive test can be seen in three cases, giving the rate equal to 8.57%. Of interest, all had no previous history of penicillin allergy. This rate is similar to the previous report by Macy.[3]
This is an important information in public health pharmacology.
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There are no conflicts of interest to declare.
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| 1. | Scherer Hofmeier K, Bircher AJ. Drug allergies: clinical presentation and red flags. Ther Umsch 2015;72:729-36.  |
| 2. | Macy E. Penicillin allergy: optimizing diagnostic protocols, public health implications, and future research needs. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2015;15:308-13. |
| 3. | Macy E. Penicillin and beta-lactam allergy: epidemiology and diagnosis. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2014;14:476. |
Correspondence Address:
Won Sriwijitalai
RVT Medical Center, Bangkok
Thailand
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DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.188511
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