Is spurious penicillin allergy a major public health concern only in high-income countries?

• Rajesh Vedanthan,
• Mamidipudi Thirumala Krishna,
• Biraj Karmacharya,
• Seetharaman Hariharan,
• Padukudru Anand Mahesh,
• Rachel Elliott,
• Pudupakkam K Vedanthan,
• Reham Mohamed El Shabrawy,
• Ramesh Madhan,
• Hoa L Nguyen,
• Thushara Kudagammana,
• Iestyn Williams,
• Kandamaran Krishnamurthy,
• Stevent Sumantri,
• John F. Marriott

Affiliations

Rajesh Vedanthan

Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York City, New York, USA

Mamidipudi Thirumala Krishna

Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Biraj Karmacharya

Departments of Public Health and Community Programs, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Dhulikhel, Nepal

Seetharaman Hariharan

Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, The University of the West Indies St Augustine Campus, St Augustine, Tunapuna-Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago

Padukudru Anand Mahesh

Department of Respiratory Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSSAHER, Mysore, Karnataka, India

Rachel Elliott

Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary care, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Pudupakkam K Vedanthan

Department of Medicine, University of Colorado at Anschutz campus, Aurora, Oregon, USA

Reham Mohamed El Shabrawy

Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

Ramesh Madhan

Department of Phamacy Practice, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, Karnataka, India

Hoa L Nguyen

Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Thushara Kudagammana

Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Central, Sri Lanka

Iestyn Williams

Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Kandamaran Krishnamurthy

Department of Pediatrics, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados

Stevent Sumantri

Allergy and Clinical Immunology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Pelita Harapan University, Faculty of Medicine, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia

John F. Marriott

The School of Pharmacy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK