About 10% of all U.S. patients have a penicillin allergy noted in their medical records. But in more than 90% of patients, that label is incorrect (JAMA 2017;318[1]:82-83).
Patients labeled with penicillin allergies often receive broad-spectrum antibiotics, which can lead to multidrug-resistance. At the 2021 annual MAD-ID (Making a Difference in Infectious Diseases) virtual meeting, researchers from the Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, in Greensboro, N.C., and Lee Health, in Fort