A 55-year-old woman presents to the hospital with cellulitis. She reports a history of urticaria 30 years earlier associated with taking penicillin for a respiratory infection. Should cephalosporins be avoided? More generally, how should patients with a history of antibiotic allergy be evaluated and treated?
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Gruchalla et al. (2006) studied this question.