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. 2023 May 23;10(6):ofad283.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad283. eCollection 2023 Jun.

A Bundle of the Top 10 OPAT Publications in 2022

Lindsey M Childs-Kean  1 , Alison M Beieler  2 , Ann-Marie Coroniti  3 , Nicolás Cortés-Penfield  4 , Sara C Keller  5   6 , Monica V Mahoney  7 , Nipunie S Rajapakse  8 , Christina G Rivera  9 , Leah H Yoke  10 , Keenan L Ryan  11
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A Bundle of the Top 10 OPAT Publications in 2022

Lindsey M Childs-Kean et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) has become more common in clinical settings. Correspondingly, OPAT-related publications have also increased; the objective of this article was to summarize clinically meaningful OPAT-related publications in 2022. Seventy-five articles were initially identified, with 54 being scored. The top 20 OPAT articles published in 2022 were reviewed by a group of multidisciplinary OPAT clinicians. This article provides a summary of the "top 10" OPAT publications of 2022.

Keywords: COpAT; OPAT; outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Potential conflicts of interest. L. M. C. K. has received honoraria from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and is on the board of directors for the Florida Society of Health-System Pharmacists. A. M. B. is cochair of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Advanced Practice Provider interest group.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Selection of articles. Abbreviations: COpAT, complex outpatient antimicrobial therapy; GOAT, Grading Outcomes–based research in Antimicrobial Therapy; OPAT, outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy.
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