Journal article
Beyond Penicillin: Rapid Desensitization for Specific Flucloxacillin Hypersensitivity
JC Kwong, K Urbancic, JA Trubiano
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY | AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY | Published : 2018
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01371-18
Abstract
Beta-lactam therapy for severe staphylococcal infections is associated with superior outcomes, compared to non-beta-lactam therapy. For patients with immediate hypersensitivity to beta-lactams, desensitization has been widely employed to allow beta-lactam therapy, but published protocols for antistaphylococcal beta-lactams such as flucloxacillin are lacking. Here, we report a case and describe the desensitization protocol successfully used for a patient with isolated flucloxacillin immediate hypersensitivity, for whom a penicillin desensitization protocol would likely have resulted in an adverse drug reaction.
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