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Antimicrobials 3: antibiotic allergy
Aiming to demystify antimicrobials and their most effective use in modern medicine, this module covers the issue of antibiotic allergy as a barrier to effective treatment, with a particular focus on penicillin allergy.
Learning objectives:
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- List the different types of hypersensitivity reaction and describe their differing characteristics;
- Describe the epidemiology and clinical implications of penicillin allergy;
- Explain how best to approach antimicrobial prescribing in patients with history of antibiotic allergy;
- Apply a safe approach to allergy de-labelling assessment in patients with spurious penicillin allergy labels.
This module was written and created by Dr Nick Jones, Specialty Registrar in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (completed August 2022). With special thanks to Dr Shuaib Nasser, Consultant in Allergy and Asthma, and Dr Theodore Gouliouris, Consultantin Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, for final content review.
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| Contributed by: | Pathology Portal |
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| Licence: | More information on licences |
| First contributed: | 04 July 2023 |
| Audience access level: | Full user |
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