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Penicillin Allergy Testing with Direct Oral Challenge in Primary Care

Siddharth Madapoosi, Julio Garcia-Castro, Nadia Ilhardt, Mikel Llanes, Rajan Ravikumar, Anna McEvoy and Eric Walford
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2024, 37 (6) 991-995; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240115R1
Siddharth Madapoosi
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI (SM, EW); Department of Family Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI (JGC, AME); ACCESS Madison Family Health Center, Chicago, IL (NI); Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor MI (RR).
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Julio Garcia-Castro
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI (SM, EW); Department of Family Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI (JGC, AME); ACCESS Madison Family Health Center, Chicago, IL (NI); Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor MI (RR).
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Nadia Ilhardt
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI (SM, EW); Department of Family Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI (JGC, AME); ACCESS Madison Family Health Center, Chicago, IL (NI); Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor MI (RR).
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Mikel Llanes
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI (SM, EW); Department of Family Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI (JGC, AME); ACCESS Madison Family Health Center, Chicago, IL (NI); Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor MI (RR).
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Rajan Ravikumar
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI (SM, EW); Department of Family Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI (JGC, AME); ACCESS Madison Family Health Center, Chicago, IL (NI); Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor MI (RR).
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Anna McEvoy
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI (SM, EW); Department of Family Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI (JGC, AME); ACCESS Madison Family Health Center, Chicago, IL (NI); Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor MI (RR).
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Eric Walford
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2024, 37 (6) 991-995; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240115R1

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Siddharth Madapoosi, Julio Garcia-Castro, Nadia Ilhardt, Mikel Llanes, Rajan Ravikumar, Anna McEvoy, Eric Walford
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2024, 37 (6) 991-995; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240115R1
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