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Delabeling patients with syphilis who believe they are allergic to penicillin is safe, according to a new study.

A pregnant female patient with penicillin desensitization had her pregnancy complicated by congenital syphilis. Among the 12 patients, all were delabeled of their penicillin allergy.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed penicillin allergy labeled patients with confirmed syphilis referred to our drug allergy clinic for assessment and delabeling from January 2014 to January 2024.

With the goal of delabeling patients with syphilis who believed themselves to be allergic to penicillin, we collected data on demographics, syphilis stage, results of penicillin allergy testing ...