Medically reviewed by Corinne Savides Happel, MD Key Takeaways Most people with penicillin allergy can tolerate cephalosporin ...

Mary Warlo has been extremely worried lately. Her baby Calieb, who is six months old, has sickle cell disease. In early December he went for a few days without liquid penicillin, a medication that he ...

(The Conversation) – Imagine this: You’re at your doctor’s office with a sore throat. The nurse asks, “Any allergies?” And without hesitation you reply, “Penicillin.” It’s something you’ve said for ...

(The Conversation) – Imagine this: You’re at your doctor’s office with a sore throat. The nurse asks, “Any allergies?” And without hesitation you reply, “Penicillin.” It’s something you’ve said for ...

Mary Warlo’s 6-month-old son, Calieb, has sickle cell disease. Infections that might only cause mild illnesses in other children could cause serious illness or worse in children with sickle cell.

The importance of continuous prophylaxis for the prevention of subclinical streptococcal infection has been stressed. However, Kohn, Milzer and MacLean 6 reported a lowering of recurrences of ...

If you have a bacterial infection, your doctor may suggest treatment with erythromycin. It’s an antibiotic drug that’s used in adults and certain children to treat a wide range of infections caused by ...

WASHINGTON -- The government will soon publish the exact doses of medicines other than Cipro that people exposed to anthrax can take to ward off infection. The federal government is aiming to inform ...