Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol 97, Issue 6, 994-995
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Multiple antibiotic allergies
RJ Harris
and
RL Harris
A case of an 18-year-old woman with postoperative infectious complications and multiple antibiotic allergies is discussed. The case poses several problems: the selection of an appropriate antibiotic to combat the infection, the persistence of the infection, and the treatment of multiple allergic responses to each of the antibiotic agents chosen.