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ArticleAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE2024

Documented penicillin allergy and beta-lactam antibiotic use in Massachusetts long-term care facilities: opportunities for penicillin allergy delabeling.

Kap Sum Foong, Shira Doron, Leslie Fowle, Melissa Cumming, Jessica Leaf, Barbara Bolstorff, Christina Brandeburg, Ye Chen, Alysse Wurcel

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Article in Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Penicillin allergy delabeling in long-term care facilities: if not now, then when?Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025
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9 authors.

Kap Sum FoongDivision of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6259-0032
Shira DoronDivision of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Leslie FowleDivision of Epidemiology, Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Melissa CummingDivision of Epidemiology, Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Jessica LeafDivision of Epidemiology, Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Barbara BolstorffDivision of Epidemiology, Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Christina BrandeburgDivision of Epidemiology, Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Ye ChenTufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Tufts School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6490-5747
Alysse WurcelDivision of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8255-8387

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a cross-sectional study of 20 Massachusetts long-term care (LTC) facilities, 19% (n = 449) of residents received antibiotics, with approximately one-third having a documented penicillin allergy. This documented allergy decreased the likelihood of prescribing beta-lactam antibiotics for infections. Improved penicillin allergy assessments and delabeling could optimize antibiotic prescribing in LTC settings.

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