Among adult inpatients labeled as having a low-risk sulfa antibiotic allergy, 99% tolerated an oral challenge with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, according to a prospective study. The study included ...

WASHINGTON -- Posters at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology annual meeting provided data about an antibiotic allergy assessment tool via a smartphone app, a direct oral challenge ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The specificity and sensitivity of the self-assessment were 84.9% and 80.1%, respectively. The tool does not ...

Five classes of antibiotics are associated with an increased risk for kidney stones, results from a nested case-control study suggest. The risk is particularly pronounced with sulfa drugs and among ...

Sulfonamides, or sulfa drugs, are synthetic agents that transformed infection care by disrupting bacterial folic acid synthesis. They remain essential for specific bacterial and non-bacterial ...