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| Title |
The impact of penicillin allergy labels on antibiotic and health care use in primary care: a retrospective cohort study
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| Published in |
Clinical and Translational Allergy, June 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13601-017-0154-y |
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| Authors |
Tanly Su, Berna D. L. Broekhuizen, Theo J. M. Verheij, Heike Rockmann |
| Abstract |
Suspected penicillin allergy (Pen-A) is often not verified by diagnostic testing. In third line penicillin allergy labels were associated with prescription of broad spectrum antibiotics, hospital stay duration and readmission. Assess the impact of Pen-A labels on antibiotic and health care use in primary care. A retrospective cohort study was conducted in primary care in the Utrecht area, the Netherlands. All patients registered with a penicillin allergy on 31 December 2013 were selected from the General Practitioner Network database. Each patient with a Pen-A label was matched for age, gender, follow-up period with three patients without Pen-A label. Risk (OR) of receiving a reserve and second choice antibiotic, number and type of antibiotics prescribed during follow-up and number of GP contacts were compared between the two cohorts. Of 196,440 patients, 1254 patients (0.6%) with a Pen-A label were identified and matched with 3756 patients without Pen-A label. Pen-A labels resulted in higher risk of receiving ≥1 antibiotic prescription per year (OR 2.56, 95% CI 2.05-3.20), ≥1 s choice antibiotic prescription per year (OR 2.21 95% CI 1.11-4.40), and ≥4 GP contacts per year (OR 1.71 95% CI 1.46-2.00). The chance of receiving tetracyclins (OR 2.24, 95% CI 1.29-3.89), macrolides/lincosamides/streptogamins (OR 8.69, 95% CI 4.26-17.73) and quinolones (OR 2.59, 95% CI 1.22-5.48) was higher in Pen-A patients. In primary health care Pen-A labels are associated with increased antibiotic use, including second choice antibiotics, and more health care use. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 34 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 8 | 24% |
| Romania | 4 | 12% |
| United States | 4 | 12% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 6% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Austria | 1 | 3% |
| Argentina | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 10 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 22 | 65% |
| Scientists | 6 | 18% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 18% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 52 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 52 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 13% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Researcher | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 21 | 40% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 27% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 10% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 20 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 November 2017.
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#1,800,497
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#75
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#36,403
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#3
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