Penicillin was discovered in 1928 and has been used to treat various infections since the 1940s. Amoxicillin is a semi-synthetic penicillin that became available in 1972. Amoxicillin and penicillin ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis finds that the global prevalence of reported penicillin allergy (PenA) is nearly 10%, though much of the data come from high-income countries (HICs), researchers ...