Allergic reactions to long-term benzathine penicillin prophylaxis for rheumatic fever1790 patients from 11 countries were enrolled in a prospective international study to determine the incidence of allergic reactions to monthly intramuscular benzathine penicillin (penicillin G benzathine) injections to prevent recurrences of rheumatic fever. After 32,430 injections during 2736 patient-years of observation, 57 of the 1790 patients (3.2%) had an allergic reaction. 4 had anaphylaxis, an incidence of 0.2% (1.2/10,000 injections), all in patients over 12 years of age, and 1 patient died, a fatality incidence of 0.05% (0.31/10,000 injections). These rates are similar to those described for patients without rheumatic fever who receive short-term treatment with parenteral penicillin. Rheumatic fever recurred in 8 of 1790 patients (0.45%) who received benzathine penicillin prophylaxis compared with 11 of 96 (11.5%) who did not comply with treatment. Life-threatening allergic reactions are rare in patients on long-term parenteral benzathine penicillin to prevent recurrences of rheumatic fever; the long-term benefits of such prophylaxis by far outweigh the risk of a serious allergic reaction. International Rheumatic Fever Study Group M. Markowitz's and E. Kaplan; X. Berrios; Z. Huang and X. Rao (People’s Republic of China); P.L Wahi and H.K Bali; D. Millard; J.Y. Choi and C.Y. Hong; H.A. Majeed; P. Clarkson and J. Neutze; H.C. Leu; C. Vongprateep and C. Phornphutkuli; and S. Munoz. Allergic reactions to long-term benzathine penicillin prophylaxis for rheumatic fever. Lancet 1991; 337:1308-10 (10.197). social media : https://www.facebook.com/harinder.k.bali/ https://twitter.com/BaliHarinder
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