Sequential Intravenous Oral Antibiotic Therapy for Osteomyelitis: How Short Is Long Enough?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence2Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island3Department of Pediatrics, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.
² Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island3Department of Pediatrics, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.

Comment

Ian C Michelow et al. JAMA Pediatr. 2015 Jul.

. 2015 Jul;169(7):698-9.

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.0712.

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence2Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island3Department of Pediatrics, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.
² Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island3Department of Pediatrics, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.

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