An alternative hypothesis to sulfonamide cross-reactivity is that persons with allergies to one drug are more likely to be allergic to another, even structurally unrelated, drug. To test this ...

To the Editor: The article by Strom et al. (Oct. 23 issue) 1 suffers from the classic shortcomings of retrospective studies of adverse drug reactions and particularly from the use of the term ...

I'm writing about a recently posted "Ask the Expert" column in reply to a question about penicillin allergy ... Absence of cross-reactivity between sulfonamide antibiotics and sulfonamide ...

Opioid cross-reactivity ... a historical allergic reaction to one opioid doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll have a similar reaction to another opioid from a different drug class.

The myth that 10% of patients with a penicillin allergy will have cross-reactivity ... Several charts have been published that can help practitioners choose antibiotics based on similarities ...

Eliminating the use of penicillin, amoxicillin and other beta-lactam antibiotics ... of IgE-mediated reactions. Many clinicians may recall being taught that a 10% cross-reactivity of allergy ...

Having a Penicillium mold allergy doesn't mean that you're allergic to the antibiotic penicillin ... is explained by a phenomenon called cross-reactivity. Cross-reactivity means that there ...

Sulfa is present in certain antibiotics ... A person who has a sulfa allergy will not necessarily have a sulfite allergy, so there is no cross-reactivity. In this article, we look at the signs ...

A positive skin test or adverse reaction to the oral challenge would confirm you should not take penicillin. Penicillin allergy is the most common drug allergy. For those not allergic, penicillin ...