Allergy

Evaluation of penicillin allergy

Evaluation of penicillin allergy

By Dr. Jennifer Grant on September 6, 2017

Recent data show that up to 90% of patients with a reported penicillin allergy are mislabelled and of those who are allergic, many beta-lactams can still be safely prescribed due to low risk of cross-reactivity. Mislabelling of penicillin allergy is due to many things including misdiagnosis (confusing a viral exanthema for allergy), purer formulations of antibiotics, loss of allergy and differences in side-chain structure.

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food-allergy

Does my patient have a food allergy?

By Dr. Amin Kanani on March 2, 2015

Patients are often referred to determine if they have a food allergy. The prevalence of food allergy in Canada is 6.7%, however more than 20% on the population modifies their diet because of perceived food allergy. Approximately 85% of all food allergies are to peanut, tree nut, cow’s milk, egg, wheat, soy, sesame and seafood.

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Pediatric allergy

By Dr. Edmond Chan on September 7, 2010

“There is no convincing evidence that delayed introduction of food proteins such as peanut beyond 4 to 6 months of life has any benefit in allergy prevention”

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