Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 72-77, July 2009

The Use of Penicillin Skin Testing to Assess the Prevalence of Penicillin Allergy in an Emergency Department Setting

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, May 2008, Washington, DC.

  • Ali S. Raja, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
    • ,
  • Christopher J. Lindsell, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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  • Jonathan A. Bernstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Immunology/Allergy Section, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
    • ,
  • Christopher D. Codispoti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Immunology/Allergy Section, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
    • ,
  • Joseph J. Moellman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Joseph Moellman, MD, University of Cincinnati, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0769; 513-558-5281, Fax 513-558-5791

Received 6 November 2008; received in revised form 11 December 2008; accepted 30 December 2008. published online 17 February 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Gregory J. Moran, MD

 Author contributions: ASR, CJL, JAB, CDC, and JJM conceived the study and designed the trial. ASR and JJM obtained research funding and conducted the trial and data collection. CDL provided statistical advice on study design and analyzed the data. ASR and JJM drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. JJM takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Supported by a Resident Research Grant from the University of Cincinnati Department of Emergency Medicine.

 Publication date: Available online February 13, 2009.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(08)02195-1

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.12.034

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 72-77, July 2009

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