Questionnaire Can Successfully Identify Patients With STIs At Low Risk For Penicillin Allergy, Study Finds

Healio (5/28, Stulpin) reports, “Researchers found that a questionnaire successfully identified patients with STIs who can be safely evaluated for penicillin allergy by skin test or by a two-step graded oral challenge, according to a study” published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Researchers wrote, “In STI clinic settings with low-risk patients, using a two-step graded oral challenge is a feasible, acceptable, and effective way to de-label patients reporting penicillin allergy and provide a pathway to improving patient care and antibiotic stewardship.”