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| bgcolor="LightGreen" |Most patients with a history of penicillin allergy do not have true penicillin hypersensitivity. After failure of | | bgcolor="LightGreen" |Most patients with a history of penicillin allergy do not have true penicillin hypersensitivity. After failure of first-line therapy, such patients should be considered | ||
for referral for allergy testing since the vast majority can ultimately be safely given amoxicillin-containing salvage regimens | for referral for allergy testing since the vast majority can ultimately be safely given [[amoxicillin]]-containing salvage regimens. | ||
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Revision as of 17:09, 4 December 2017
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Manpreet Kaur, MD [2], Sargun Singh Walia M.B.B.S.[3]
2017 ACG Guidelines for penicillin allergy in patients with H. pylori infection
Strong recommendation |
Most patients with a history of penicillin allergy do not have true penicillin hypersensitivity. After failure of first-line therapy, such patients should be considered
for referral for allergy testing since the vast majority can ultimately be safely given amoxicillin-containing salvage regimens. |