In patients allergic to penicillin, consider second and third generation cephalosporins for life threatening infections

BMJ. 2007 Nov 10;335(7627):991. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39372.829676.47.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Cephalosporins / therapeutic use*
  • Critical Illness
  • Drug Hypersensitivity / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Penicillins / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Cephalosporins
  • Penicillins