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. 2022 Oct 10;2(1):e167.
doi: 10.1017/ash.2022.302. eCollection 2022.

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

Deborah A Theodore  1 , E Yoko Furuya  1   2 , Eloise Austin  1 , William G Greendyke  1   2
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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

Deborah A Theodore et al. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. .

Abstract

We compared patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia enrolled in outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy monitoring program (OPAT-MP) upon hospital discharge with patients not enrolled. OPAT-MP patients were more likely to attend infectious diseases follow-up appointments. OPAT-related emergency room visits and/or readmissions were more common among non-OPAT-MP patients, but differences were not statistically significant.

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