Table 3.
Dental Visit and Procedure Characteristics for Penicillin Allergic Patients Who Did Not Receive a Cephalosporin
| Variable | Overall (N = 100) |
Reaction Not Specified In Chart/Missing (N = 19) |
Pseudo Penicillin Allergy (N = 10) |
True Penicillin Allergy (N = 71) |
P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extraction type | .5535 a | ||||
| No extraction | 78 (78.0) | 14 (73.7) | 8 (80.0) | 56 (78.9) | |
| Simple extraction | 11 (11.0) | 2 (10.5) | 0 (0) | 9 (12.7) | |
| Surgical extraction | 11 (11.0) | 3 (15.8) | 2 (20.0) | 6 (8.5) | |
| Invasiveness | .2491 a | ||||
| Routine | 48 (48.0) | 9 (47.4) | 3 (30.0) | 36 (50.7) | |
| Mildly invasive | 14 (14.0) | 2 (10.5) | 4 (40.0) | 8 (11.3) | |
| Invasive | 38 (38.0) | 8 (42.1) | 3 (30.0) | 27 (38.0) | |
| Procedure type | |||||
| Adjunct | 9 (9.0) | 1 (5.3) | 2 (20.0) | 6 (8.5) | .3733 a |
| Diagnostic | 68 (68.0) | 13 (68.4) | 5 (50.0) | 50 (70.4) | .4495 |
| Endodontics | 5 (5.0) | 2 (10.5) | 0 (0) | 3 (4.2) | .4376 a |
| Implant services | 6 (6.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (8.5) | .4982 a |
| Maxillofacial prosthetics | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | … |
| Oral & maxillofacial surgery | 24 (24.0) | 6 (31.6) | 2 (20.0) | 16 (22.5) | .7477 a |
| Orthodontics | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | … |
| Periodontics | 11 (11.0) | 1 (5.3) | 1 (10.0) | 9 (12.7) | .8715 a |
| Preventive | 4 (4.0) | 1 (5.3) | 0 (0) | 3 (4.2) | 1.0000 a |
| Prosthodontics | 3 (3.0) | 1 (5.3) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.8) | .6465 a |
| Prosthodontics, fixed | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.4) | 1.0000 a |
| Restorative | 15 (15.0) | 4 (21.0) | 5 (50.0) | 6 (8.5) | .0036 a |
| Dentist subtype | |||||
| General dentist | 79 (79.0) | 17 (89.5) | 7 (70.0) | 55 (77.5) | .4094 a |
| Endodontist | 2 (2.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.8) | 1.0000 a |
| Oral & maxillofacial | 17 (17.0) | 2 (10.5) | 1 (10.0) | 14 (19.7) | .6224 a |
| Periodontist | 4 (4.0) | 0 (0) | 2 (20.0) | 2 (2.8) | .0698 a |
| Prosthodontist | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | … |
| Other | 7 (7.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (10.0) | 6 (8.5) | .4326 a |
| Antibiotic associated with visit | |||||
| Amoxicillin | 9 (9.0) | 5 (26.3) | 1 (10.0) | 3 (4.2) | .0148 a |
| Clindamycin | 83 (83.0) | 12 (63.2) | 8 (80.0) | 63 (88.7) | .0284 a |
| Cephalexin | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | … |
| Azithromycin | 4 (4.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (5.6) | .7231 a |
| Penicillin | 3 (3.0) | 1 (5.3) | 1 (10.0) | 1 (1.4) | .2009 a |
| Doxycycline | 2 (2.0) | 1 (5.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.4) | .4980 a |
| Metronidazole | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | … |
| Fluoroquinolone | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | … |
Note. Statistical significance = P < .0007, Bonferroni corrected.
a
Fisher exact test.