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Systematic Review of Professional Liability when Prescribing Β-Lactams for Patients with a Known Penicillin Allergy

BACKGROUND: Patients labeled as penicillin allergic are more likely to receive second line non-β-lactam antibiotics, experience higher rates of treatment failure, and incur higher antibiotic costs. Fear of litigation has been identified as a reason clinicians avoid using β-lactams in a patient with...

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Autores principales: Jeffres, Meghan, Hall-Lipsy, Elizabeth, King, S Travis, Cleary, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631356/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.812