Demystifying Beta-Lactam Allergy Online

In this presentation, Chelsea Huang will provide an overview of allergic reactions to beta-lactam’s with a focus on penicillin allergy, including clinical implications of penicillin allergy label and updates on risks of cross-reactivity between penicillin and other beta-lactams.

β-Lactams which include penicillins, cephalosporins, carbapenems, and monobactams, are the most common antibiotic classes reported to cause allergic reactions to drugs.

Learning Objectives:

1. Explain the clinical implications associated with patients labeled with penicillin allergy.
2. Summarize the mechanisms and associated risks of allergic cross-reactivity between beta lactams.
3. Apply risk stratification to help determine appropriate method(s) for confirming or delabeling penicillin allergy.
4. Select optimal antibiotic(s) for treatment or prophylaxis of infections in patients labeled with penicillin allergy.

Disclosure Statement:

None of the planners, faculty, or the speaker,  for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.”

The Deborah Heart and Lung Center designates this Online Activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ^™. Physicians and other healthcare providers should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

The Deborah Heart and Lung Center is accredited by the Medical Society of New Jersey to provide continuing medical education for physicians.      

Original Release Date 06.28.2024

Termination Date:  05.31.2025

Originally this course was presented Live on 04.18.2024