Let's start with a patient case. A 71 year old patient arrives to the emergency room complaining of shortness of breath and sputum production that has worsened from when it started about three days ago. She has a past medical history of diabetes mellitus type 2, myasthenia gravis, and atrial fibrillation and is taking metformin, pyridostigmine, prednisone, warfarin, and sotalol. Her BP = 132/88, HR = 78, RR = 24, and T = 37.5 C and CXR reveals a left lower lobe infiltrate. The diagnosis of pneumonia is made and as you begin to type orders for your standard ceftriaxone/azithromycin combination, you note that the patient has a penicillin allergy. What is the risk of continuing this antibiotic regimen given the patient's allergy?
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