A skin rash is a common side effect of amoxicillin ... Definitive diagnosis of a drug allergy is done by skin testing with ...

All antibiotics can cause drug rashes — as can antiseizure and antigout medications and even over-the-counter medications like NSAIDs. And while some patients have severe reactions, the majority ...

Gonçalo and colleagues [16] patch-tested 66 patients (aged 12 to 83 years) with a history of a maculopapular rash to antibiotics (58%), antiepileptics (25%), allopurinol (11%), or other drugs (6%).

“Penicillin is, I would argue, the single most important medication that's ever been introduced,” said Robert Gaynes, an infectious disease physician and medical historian at Emory University. “It ...

Patch testing may have a diagnostic role in the evaluation of exanthems due to systemic antibiotics ... with a history of other types of drug rashes. From studies reporting results of oral ...