The impact of antibiotic allergy testing in transplant patients.

2020-07-11

Ying, A

Chua, Kyra Y L

Rose, M

Vogrin, S

Trubiano, Jason

Antibiotic allergy label

antibiotic allergy testing

transplant patients

Journal Article

0000-0001-5303-1300

0000-0002-5111-6367

10.1111/tid.13411

Patient reported antibiotic allergies, so-called antibiotic allergy labels (AAL) are highly prevalent amongst hospitalized patients globally1 . The highest prevalence of AALs has been found to be in immunocompromised patients, in particular transplant patients, with a large U.S. study reporting a prevalence of 29% amongst solid organ and stem cell transplant recipients2 . Whilst studies have demonstrated that AALs in transplant patients are associated with the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics2 , the impact of antibiotic allergy testing (AAT) on antibiotic use in this patient cohort remains ill defined.

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Transplant infectious disease: an official journal of the Transplantation Society 2020; online first: 11 July

Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society