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What can you take if you have a penicillin allergy?
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Depends: That depends on what infection you're treating.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Skin testing: 90% of pt labelled as PCN allergic are not PCN allergic. PCN skin testing and possible oral challenges can be done to clarify this reported sensitivity.
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