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Table 3 Antibiotics used for drug challenge

From: The use of direct oral challenge to confirm allergies to penicillin class antibiotics in Danish children

  Total Negative Positive
Number of drug challenges 144 140 (97%) 4 (3%)
Amoxicillin 84 (58%) 81 (58%) 3 (75%)
Penicillin V or G 52 (36%) 51 (36%) 1 (25%)
Dicloxacillin 5 (3%) 5 (4%)  
Ampicillin 2 (1%) 2 (1%)  
Amoxicillin+clavulanic acid 1 (1%) 1 (1%)  
  1. Total: all children; Negative: children with a negative provocation test; Positive: children with a positive provocation test