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So You Might Actually Not Be Allergic to Penicillin

ALL IN YOUR HEAD?

Nearly 90 percent of patients who had ‘penicillin allergy’ listed on their medical charts were found to actually have no such allergy at all. How did we get here?

Jeanette Beebe

Published Jan. 16 2018 12:37PM EST

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Jeanette Beebe

Jeanette Beebe

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