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Penicillin anaphylaxis: fatality in elderly patients without a history of penicillin allergy
M A Sue1, D T Noritake, W B Klaustermeyer
1Department of Medicine, Wadsworth Veterans Administration Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90073.
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
Two anaphylactic fatalities following penicillin administration are reported. Neither of the two patients had a history of previous penicillin allergy. Both were elderly and suffered from active cardiovascular disease. Penicillin skin testing may be indicated in some high-risk patients requiring parenteral penicillin, despite a negative history for penicillin allergy.