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Outcomes among patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia enrolled in a postdischarge outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy program at an academic medical center

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022
We compared patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia enrolled in outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy monitoring program (OPAT-MP) upon hospital discharge with patients not enrolled.
Deborah A. Theodore, E. Yoko Furuya, Eloise Austin, William G. Greendyke   +3 more
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Self-Administered Outpatient Antimicrobial Infusion by Uninsured Patients Discharged from a Safety-Net Hospital: A Propensity-Score-Balanced Retrospective Cohort Study.

PLoS Medicine, 2015
BackgroundOutpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is accepted as safe and effective for medically stable patients to complete intravenous (IV) antibiotics in an outpatient setting.
Kavita P Bhavan, L Steven Brown, Robert W Haley   +2 more
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Being ‘at-home’ on OPAT: A qualitative study of parents' experiences of paediatric Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT):Being ‘at-home’ on OPAT [PDF]

, 2019
Objective To better understand the factors that facilitate and hinder a positive experience of paediatric outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT). Design Qualitative study using semistructured interviews.
CARTER, BERNIE; id_orcid, Porter, David, Carrol, Enitan, Fisher-Smith, Debra, Lane, Steven, Peak, Matthew, Bracken, Louise, Taylor-Robinson, David   +7 more
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Design and protocol of the Buprenorphine plus Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (B-OPAT) study: a randomized clinical trial of integrated outpatient treatment of opioid use disorder and severe, injection-related infections

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2022
Introduction: A marked increase in hospitalizations for severe, injection-related infections (SIRI) has been associated with the opioid epidemic. Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) is typically not offered to persons with opioid use disorder
Laura C. Fanucchi, Sean M. Murphy, Hilary Surratt, Shashi N. Kapadia, Sharon L. Walsh, James A. Grubbs, Alice C. Thornton, Paul Nuzzo, Michelle R. Lofwall   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) versus inpatient care in the UK: a health economic assessment for six key diagnoses

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives To compare costs associated with different models of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) delivery with costs of inpatient (IP) care across key infection groups managed via OPAT in the UK.Design A cost-minimisation design was ...
Mark Gilchrist, Maria Dimitrova, R A Seaton   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Review of the first comprehensive outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy program in a tertiary care hospital in Japan

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objectives: The infectious diseases team at Kameda Medical Center, Japan, implemented a new outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program in July 2012 and expanded the program with the support of home care services.
Ryota Hase, Yoshiaki Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Shunsuke Uno, Takahiro Mikawa, Daisuke Suzuki, Kiyoharu Muranaka, Naoto Hosokawa   +7 more
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Safety and clinical outcomes of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy for infective endocarditis in Christchurch, New Zealand: A retrospective cohort study

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Objectives: We examined the safety and clinical outcomes of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) for patients with infective endocarditis (IE) in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Patrick O. Campbell, Kate Gallagher, Simon C. Dalton, Sarah C.L. Metcalf, Nicholas M. Douglas, Stephen T. Chambers   +5 more
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Observational cohort study of OPAT versus IPAT

, 2022
BACKGROUND: Bacterial infections such as osteomyelitis and endocarditis routinely require several weeks of treatment with intravenous (IV) antimicrobials.
Ferris, Dwight, Liu, Guiping, Ho, Meghan, Hayek, Jan, Tran, Karen C., Sutherland, Jason M., Staples, John A.   +6 more
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Paediatric Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT): An e-survey of the experiences of parents and clinicians. [PDF]

, 2021
BackgroundLittle evidence exists about parental satisfaction and their influence on referral to paediatric Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT).AimThis study aimed to examine the experiences of parents, children and clinicians of OPAT at a ...
Taylor Robinson, David, Porter, David, CARTER, BERNIE; id_orcid, Bernie Carter, David Taylor-Robinson, Fisher-Smith, Debra, Carrol, Enitan D, Taylor-Robinson, David, David Porter, Matthew Peak, Steven Lane, Lane, Steven, Debra Fisher-Smith, Louise Bracken, Peak, Matthew, Bracken, Louise, Carter, Bernie, Enitan D Carrol   +17 more
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A rare complication of otitis media: Gradenigo's syndrome successfully managed on outpatient antimicrobial therapy

Clinical Infection in Practice, 2020
We report a case of Gradenigo's syndrome successfully managed on an outpatient parenteral antibiotic service. This condition is classically described as a triad of otorrhoea, facial pain in the distribution of the trigeminal nerve and ipsilateral ...
Conor Bowman, Nada Nakhla, Victoria Amedu, Parag Patel, Ciara O'Connor, Angela Houston, Aodhan Breathnach   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source