Abstract
Background Skin tests are important in the investigation of hypersensitivity drug reactions (HDR), particularly when betalactams are involved. However, the sensitivity decreases with time. It has been described that skin tests become negative about five years after a betalactam hypersensitivity reaction. We report a patient with persistence of a positive skin test twenty five years after an anaphylactic reaction due to penicillin.
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