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Safety of Cefazolin Test Dose in Patients With Penicillin Allergy Just Prior to Cardiac Device Implantation: A Single-Centre Experience

BACKGROUND: Cephalosporins are the cornerstone of cardiac device infection prophylaxis. Owing to fears of cross-reactivity, penicillin-allergic patients are exposed to potentially more-toxic drugs, with decreased efficacy. We evaluated the safety of a cefazolin test dose (CTD) in self-reported penic...

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Autores principales: Sarrazin, Jean-François, Laaouaj, Jamal, Philippon, François, Sanchez, Marina, Gervais, Philippe, Champagne, Jean, Steinberg, Christian, Nault, Isabelle, Roy, Karine, Plourde, Benoît, Blier, Louis, O’Hara, Gilles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9402946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36035731
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2022.04.007