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Ten percent of people claim they have an allergy to penicillin, but 90 percent are actually not allergic. Once labeled as penicillin-allergic, patients end up with higher medical costs, longer hospital stays, are more likely to be treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics and develop drug-resistant bacterial infections. Kim Blumenthal, MD, MSc, Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses this problem and potential solutions. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3hlEDXB