WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bad reactions to antibiotics, mostly allergic ones, send people to U.S. emergency rooms more than 140,000 times each year, government researchers reported on Wednesday. The ...

Two classes of commonly prescribed oral antibiotics are associated with the greatest risk for severe drug rashes that can lead to emergency department visits, hospitalizations and even death, ...

Potentially life-threatening cutaneous adverse drug reactions (cADRs) are associated with commonly prescribed oral antibiotics, according to a large, population-based, nested case-control study of ...

Most allergic reactions that occur during anesthesia are caused by antibiotics, though many reactions do not have a clear cause, according to a study published in the Sept. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & ...

In a recent study published in the journal JAMA, researchers investigated the link between commonly prescribed oral antibiotics and the subsequent development of serious cutaneous adverse drug ...

Patients on amoxicillin might have to stop taking it if they develop several 'serious' side effects. Amoxicillin is a widely prescribed antibiotic utilised to fight bacterial infections, including ...

Prophylactic antibiotics prescribed before dental procedures may cause serious adverse events, including allergic reactions requiring hospitalization and bacterial infections, according to new data ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . I routinely see prescribers avoid prescribing cephalosporin antibiotics for patients with a penicillin allergy.

A Birmingham pensioner died after an allergic reaction to an antibiotic at Good Hope Hospital, an inquest heard. June Cartwright, from Erdington, was admitted to the Sutton Coldfield hospital with ...