Penicillin desensitization

Penicillin desensitization is a type of desensitization which serves to decrease a person's allergic response to the antibiotic penicillin.

A major application of such a procedure is for syphilis treatment during pregnancy for women who have allergy to penicillin. It is also used for neurosyphilis.

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