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  2. Benzylpenicilloyl polylysine - Wikipedia

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    Benzylpenicilloyl polylysine (Pre-Pen) is used as a skin test before the administration of penicillin. It is used to detect the immunoglobulin E antibodies. [1] [2] The chemical structure consists of the benzylpenicilloyl group attached to a polymer of L-lysine. [3] [4] [5]

  3. Most people aren't really allergic to penicillin. More ... - AOL

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    Stone is leading efforts at Vanderbilt to test patients whose charts say they have a penicillin allergy. People are given a small dose of the antibiotic in a controlled environment and monitored ...

  4. History of penicillin - Wikipedia

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    People who were allergic to penicillin could now get a reaction from drinking milk. [232] A committee chaired by Lord Netherthorpe was established in the UK in 1960 to inquire into the use of antibiotics in animal feed. In 1962, the committee recommended that restrictions on the use of antibiotics in animals be relaxed.

  5. Timeline of antibiotics - Wikipedia

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    1942 – benzylpenicillin, the first penicillin; 1942 – gramicidin S, the first peptide antibiotic; 1942 – sulfadimidine; 1943 – sulfamerazine; 1944 – streptomycin, the first aminoglycoside [2] 1947 – sulfadiazine; 1948 – chlortetracycline, the first tetracycline; 1949 – chloramphenicol, the first amphenicol [2] 1949 – neomycin

  6. Anaphylaxis - Wikipedia

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    Skin allergy testing being carried out on the right arm Patch test. Allergy testing may help in determining the trigger. Skin allergy testing is available for certain foods and venoms. [20] Blood testing for specific IgE can be useful to confirm milk, egg, peanut, tree nut and fish allergies. [20] Skin testing is available to confirm penicillin ...

  7. Allergy test - Wikipedia

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    Allergy testing can help confirm or rule out allergies and consequently reduce adverse reactions and limit unnecessary avoidance and medications. [1] [2]Correct allergy diagnosis, counseling and avoidance advice based on valid allergy test results is of utmost importance and can help reduce the incidence of symptoms, and the need for medications and improve quality of life. [2]

  8. Alexander Fleming - Wikipedia

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    Elaborating the possibility of penicillin resistance in clinical conditions in his Nobel Lecture, Fleming said: The time may come when penicillin can be bought by anyone in the shops. Then there is the danger that the ignorant man may easily underdose himself and by exposing his microbes to non-lethal quantities of the drug make them resistant ...

  9. Albert Alexander (police officer) - Wikipedia

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    However, due to the instability of penicillin and the war-time restrictions placed on Howard Florey's Laboratory, only a small quantity of penicillin had been extracted and, although Florey and colleagues extracted any remaining penicillin from Alexander's urine, by the fifth day they had run out. [2]