Amoxicillin oral provocation challenge in a primary care clinic: a descriptive analysis

BACKGROUND: Penicillin is the most frequently reported drug allergen; however, most of these allergies are not true allergies and do not justify the prescription of alternative, less effective and more expensive antibiotic drugs. We aimed to show that patients at low risk of amoxicillin allergy can safely and efficiently undergo oral provocation challenge (OPC) by their primary care physician. METHODS: In this descriptive analysis, we conducted …