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Penicillin Allergy Skin Testing as an Antibiotic Stewardship Intervention in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients

BACKGROUND: Penicillin allergy de-labeling can be an effective stewardship tool at reducing cost and the use of alternative non-β-lactam antibiotics. This study aimed to determine the effect of a pre-transplant penicillin allergy skin testing (PAST) protocol on antibiotic usage and costs in an immun...

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Autores principales: Kovacs, Christopher, Athans, Vasilios, Lang, David, Sobecks, Ronald, Rybicki, Lisa, Carlstrom, Kelley, Majhail, Navneet
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/PMC5632033/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.588