Taking the route less traveled: on the way to COpAT
| Autor: | Margaret Pertzborn, Christina G. Rivera, Don Bambino Geno Tai |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, Vol 10 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2049-937X 20499361 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/20499361231192771 |
| Popis: | Antimicrobial therapy is an essential practice within medicine. Over the last 4 years, complex outpatient antimicrobial therapy (COpAT) with oral antimicrobials has become a rapidly developing area of practice and is non-inferior to outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in certain infectious syndromes. Currently, the available literature does not describe the implementation of oral antimicrobials within the current outpatient antimicrobial therapy process. Throughout this article, the authors present a review of current literature, a proposed definition of COpAT and offer methods readers can utilize to implement an integrated COpAT/OPAT program with oral antimicrobial-specific monitoring within their current practice. |
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