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Penicillin allergy: Consider trying penicillin again

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 2003 April;70(4):313-314, 317-318, 320-321, 325, 328
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ABSTRACTA history of allergy to penicillin does not necessarily rule out using penicillin again. With skin testing and, in some cases, desensitization, most patients with a history of penicillin allergy can safely receive the drug.