MedPage Today // Bernardo Sousa-Pinto, MD, PhD, on the Economics of Penicillin Allergy Testing

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MedPage Today // Bernardo Sousa-Pinto, MD, PhD, on the Economics of Penicillin Allergy Testing

Bernardo Sousa-Pinto, a CINTESIS researcher and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), spoke to MedPage Today about his study on penicillin allergy tests.

According to the researcher, it is worth testing this type of allergy in patients who have this “label”, sometimes wrongly attributed. Testing allows for health gains and significant savings for the system.