AKA Penicillin Allergy 3: Delabel Hard With A Vengeance

A departure from our semi-annual penicillin allergy episode: one on cephalosporin allergy!

Jame and Callum are joined by Fionnuala Cox to discuss Cephalosporin allergy in general, and the CEPH-FAST risk assessment tool in particular.

Ever wanted to know how to deal with cephalosporin allergy? Listen on!

Paper here:

Cox F, Vogrin S, Sullivan RP, Stone C, Koo G, Phillips E, et al. Development and validation of a cephalosporin allergy clinical decision rule. Journal of Infection. 2025 June 1;90(6). Available from: https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(25)00089-1/fulltext

(It's open access, don't worry)

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