How to allow text quotes in html-sanitizer

Question

I am using html-sanitizer to clean html and prevent xcss ijection although I am facing a problem. When a user types a caracter such as &, >, <, "" it gets converted to their equivalent HTML character references (& --> &amp;, < --> &lt;, and so on).

Here's my code sample it's very simple I need to allow those caracters and i couldn't find a way to do so:

let clean = sanitizeHtml(req.body.content, {
        allowedAttributes: {
        
          span: ["data-*", "class"],
        },
      });

Can anyone provide help or insights?