It is not uncommon for caregivers or older pediatric patients to inform their pediatric health care provider of an “allergy to penicillin.” The lay public often loosely uses the word ...

Taking antibiotics in early childhood ... observational and cross sectional. Dr. Jonathan Spergel, Chief of the Allergy Section and professor of pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine ...

More than 32 million U.S. patients have a documented penicillin allergy, but studies have found more than 95 percent can be treated safely with this class of antibiotics.

The increasing use of antibiotics to treat disease may be responsible for the rising rates of asthma and allergies. By upsetting the body’s normal balance of gut microbes, antibiotics may ...

WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Overuse of antibiotics might increase kids’ risk of developing asthma and allergies, by disrupting their gut bacteria during a crucial stage of ...

Children who received multiple antibiotic courses between birth and 2 years of age had a higher risk of developing asthma, food allergies, allergic rhinitis, and intellectual disability ...

An alternative hypothesis to sulfonamide cross-reactivity is that persons with allergies to one drug are more likely to be allergic to another, even structurally unrelated, drug. To test this ...

"I'm surprised just how relieved patients are to be able to remove that penicillin allergy from their chart and take whatever antibiotic their doctor wants to give them without restriction ...

Dispensing antibiotics too often to babies and toddlers could leave the youngsters vulnerable to developing allergies and asthma, according to a team of United States-based doctors and scientists.