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Safety, Efficacy and Direct/Indirect Cost Analysis of an Outpatient Antimicrobial Therapy Unit: A Prospective Cohort Study from Turkey

Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials, 2023
Introduction: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is uncommon in Turkey and other developing countries, and its popularity has not increased at a satisfactory rate. We aimed to evaluate the direct and indirect cost analysis of an OPAT unit
Bahadır Orkun ÖZBAY, Aliye BAŞTUĞ, Ergün ÖKSÜZ, Hürrem BODUR   +3 more
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Treatment of streptococcal endocarditis with a single daily dose of ceftriaxone sodium for 4 weeks. Efficacy and outpatient treatment feasibility [PDF]

, 1992
OBJECTIVE--To evaluate the efficacy and safety of ceftriaxone sodium in the treatment of streptococcal endocarditis. DESIGN--An open, multicenter, noncomparative study with a follow-up of patients for 4 months to 5 years. SETTING--Internal medicine wards
Etienne, J., Francioli, P., Gerber, A., Hoigne, R., Thys, J. P.   +4 more
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Cost‐Effectiveness of Once Weekly Rezafungin for the Treatment of Invasive Candidiasis in the United Kingdom

Mycoses, Volume 69, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Invasive candidiasis (IC), life‐threatening fungal infections with high economic burden, are often treated first‐line with daily intravenous echinocandins. A new once weekly echinocandin, rezafungin, demonstrated statistically non‐inferior efficacy and numerically shorter intensive care unit (ICU) stay compared to caspofungin in ...
Noemi Muszbek, Alisha Angdembe, Carolina Garcia‐Vidal, Inga Bielicka, Keith R. Abrams, Keith Tolley, Markus Ruhnke, Maximilian Lebmeier, Neil Hawkins, Nick Manamley, Sara Dickerson   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Outpatient parenteral ­antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) and the general ­physician [PDF]

Clinical Medicine, 2013
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) refers to outpatient or community-based management of an infection via the administration of an intravenous (IV) antimicrobial without an overnight hospital stay. Patients may be managed without admission or may transition to OPAT following hospitalisation.
Gavin Barlow, DA Barr, RA Seaton
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Correlation of Adherence to the 2012 Infectious Diseases Society of America Practice Guidelines with Patient Outcomes in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections in an Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Programme [PDF]

, 2014
Aim To evaluate adherence to the 2012 Infectious Diseases Society of America practice guidelines for the management of patients with diabetic foot infections and to determine an association between adherence and clinical outcome.
Damer, Kendra M., Erdman, S. M., Kays, M. B., Mock, C. M., Muloma, E. W., Pence, L. M.   +5 more
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Rezafungin for Salvage or Consolidation Therapy of Invasive Fungal Disease: Experience in Real‐World Clinical Practice

Mycoses, Volume 69, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Echinocandins are the first‐line treatment for invasive candidiasis. Rezafungin is a novel echinocandin with improved pharmacokinetic properties that allow for once‐weekly intravenous administration, offering potential advantages in complex clinical settings.
Jorge Boán, Eduardo Aparicio‐Minguijón, Mario Fernández‐Ruiz, María Asunción Pérez‐Jacoiste Asín, Isabel Rodríguez‐Goncer, Francisco López‐Medrano, Rafael San‐Juan, José Tiago Silva, Ana Pérez‐Ayala, Jose Manuel Caro‐Teller, José María Aguado   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying the potential impact of a multidisciplinary outpatient antimicrobial therapy program in an area of high social vulnerability

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2023
Background: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) and complex outpatient antimicrobial therapy (COpAT) are common practice in the management of infectious diseases (IDs). However, providing OPAT/COpAT can pose significant challenges pre- and
Karen K. Tan, Garret Hino, Anna Y. Zhou, Hadeel Al-Fayiz, Sasha Rodriguez, Jacinda C. Abdul-Mutakabbir   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy for Central Nervous System Infections [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1999
Patients with central nervous system (CNS) infections are increasingly treated with intravenous antimicrobials outside the hospital, but the safety and problems associated with this therapy have not been well defined. To examine this issue, we reviewed 68 cases in which outpatient intravenous antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) was received through our ...
A D, Tice, K, Strait, R, Ramey, P A, Hoaglund   +3 more
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Impact of Outpatient vs Inpatient ABSSSI Treatment on Outcomes: A Retrospective Observational Analysis of Medical Charts Across US Emergency Departments [PDF]

, 2018
Background The objective of this study was to characterize treatment of patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSIs) and describe the association between hospital admission and emergency department (ED) visits or ...
Bookstaver, P. Brandon, Brown, Jack, Doron, Shira, Gllard, Patrick, Goldwater, Shannon H., Haynes, Angela, Jenkins, Timothy C., Keyloun, Katelyn, Liu, Yan, Lopes, Carlos, Mo, Yifan, Stenehjem, Edward, Udeze, Chuka   +12 more
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Candidemia Complicated by Mycotic Thrombus of the Femoral Artery in a Patient With Left Ventricular Assist Device

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Background Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are increasingly used as a bridge to transplantation or as destination therapy in heart failure patients. Fungal bloodstream infections, though less common than bacterial infections in VAD recipients, carry the highest mortality.
Francesco Siviero, Muhammad A. Muslimani, Armanda Leka, Vittorio Arici, Antonio Bozzani, Viviana Vilardo, Claudia Cavaliere, Eloisa Arbustini, Fabrizio Gazzoli, Raffaella Lissandrin, Stefano Pelenghi, Raffaele Bruno, Elena Seminari, Priya Gusain   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source