Old but not forgotten: Antibiotic allergies in General Medicine (the AGM Study)

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To determine the nature, prevalence and description accuracy of recorded antibiotic allergy labels (AALs) in a cohort of general medical inpatients, and to assess the feasibility of an oral antibiotic re-challenge study. DESIGN: Multicentre cross-sectional study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: All patients admitted to the general medical units of Austin Health and Alfred Health, 18 May - 5 June 2015. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Baseline demographics, medical and allergy history, infection diagnoses and antibiotic prescribing data for general medical inpatients were collected. A questionnaire was administered to clarify AAL history, followed by correlation of responses with electronic and a..