Increase of post–SARS‐CoV‐2 rashes mimicking penicillin allergy in children with Group A beta‐hemolytic Streptococcus infection: An emerging and challenging issue

Key Points

• This research examines the association between Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus infections and rashes that resemble penicillin allergies.
• Observational analysis of children with GABHS infection
• Assessment of skin rashes observed post-SARS-CoV-2 infection
• Exclusion of penicillin allergy through negative delayed-type penicillin tests (DPTs)
• A significant number of children exhibited rashes after SARS-CoV-2 infection
• These rashes were commonly mistaken for penicillin allergies
• Negative DPTs confirmed that these rashes were not due to penicillin hypersensitivity