Perioperative use of cefazolin without preliminary skin testing in patients with reported penicillin allergy

Surgery. 2019 Feb;165(2):486-496. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.05.054. Epub 2018 Jul 10.

Authors

Merin Kuruvilla¹, Francis Wolf², Marybeth Sexton³, Zanthia Wiley³, Jamie Thomas⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Allergy and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Electronic address: merin.ek1@gmail.com.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Department of Infectious Disease, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁴ Department of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago.

PMID: 30001827
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.05.054

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Cefazolin*
Drug Hypersensitivity*
Humans
Penicillins
beta-Lactams

Substances

Penicillins
beta-Lactams
Cefazolin