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. 2019 Sep;34(9):1685-1687.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-04991-y.

Recorded Penicillin Allergy and Risk of Mortality: a Population-Based Matched Cohort Study

Kimberly G Blumenthal  1   2   3   4 , Na Lu  5   6 , Yuqing Zhang  5   7   8   6 , Rochelle P Walensky  9   7   8   10 , Hyon K Choi  5   7   8
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Recorded Penicillin Allergy and Risk of Mortality: a Population-Based Matched Cohort Study

Kimberly G Blumenthal et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Sep.
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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Blumenthal reports a licensed clinical decision support tool for beta-lactam allergy evaluation that is used institutionally at Partners HealthCare System and licensed by Persistent Systems. All remaining authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

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