US News & World Report: Penicillin Misconceptions May Raise Post-Op Infection Risk
US News & World Report recently published an article entitled “Penicillin Misconceptions May Raise Post-Op Infection Risk”.
The article says, “Surgical patients who report having a penicillin allergy face a 50 percent higher risk for a post-op infection compared to patients who report no drug allergy, new research finds. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital attributed the higher surgical-site infection rate to the use of alternative antibiotics.”
