Monthly Prescribing Reference (HealthDay News) – Penicillin skin testing (PST) can be used to identify whether patients will tolerate β-lactam, with a negative predictive value of 100%, according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Hospital Medicine. Ramzy H ... and more »
Rockford Squire Think you're penicillin allergic but not sure? Allergy skin testing followed by a supervised oral challenge can help to rule this out. Allergy to penicillin and related antibiotics is the most commonly reported drug allergy in the United States ...
Haaretz June 19, 1906 is the birthdate of Ernst Boris Chain, the biochemist who won the 1945 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his research on penicillin . Chain shared the prize with his research partner, Howard Florey, and Alexander Fleming, who in ...
