Assessing delayed penicillin hypersensitivity using the PENFAST+ score

Julie Castagna, François Chasset, Jean-Eric Autegarden, Claire Le Thai, Emmanuelle Amsler, Annick Barbaud, Angèle Soria · 2023

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A peer-reviewed research article from Europe PMC (2023). IntroductionApproximately 10% of individuals report a suspected allergy to penicillin, but according to allergy work-ups, only 10%–15% of them are truly allergic. A clinical decision score, the PEN-FAST, was developed and validated to identify adults with low-risk penicillin allergy.ObjectivesThe objective of this study was to improve the performance of the PEN-FAST score, particularly for those with delayed hypersensitivity (HS), by improving the negative predictive value.MethodsSTEP 1: Retrospective evaluation of the PEN-FAST score in patients with proven immediate and delayed penicillin allergy.

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CREATORJulie Castagna, François Chasset, Jean-Eric Autegarden, Claire Le Thai, Emmanuelle Amsler, Annick Barbaud, Angèle Soria
YEAR2023
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE15 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10680989

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