Cephalosporins can be prescribed safely for penicillin-allergic patients
Pichichero, M.E.
Journal of Family Practice 55(2): 106-112
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0094-3509 PMID: 16451776 Document Number: 598653
The widely quoted cross-allergy risk of 10% between penicillin and cephalosporins is a myth. Cephalothin, cephalexin, cefadroxil, and cefazolin confer an increased risk of allergic reaction among patients with penicillin allergy. Cefprozil, cefuroxime, cefpodoxime, ceftazidime, and ceftriaxone do not increase risk of an allergic reaction.
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