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. 2023 Aug 15:10:20499361231192771.
doi: 10.1177/20499361231192771. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec.

Taking the route less traveled: on the way to COpAT

Margaret Pertzborn  1 , Christina G Rivera  2 , Don Bambino Geno Tai  3
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Review

Taking the route less traveled: on the way to COpAT

Margaret Pertzborn et al. Ther Adv Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Antimicrobial therapy is an essential practice within medicine. Over the last 4 years, complex outpatient antimicrobial therapy (COpAT) with oral antimicrobials has become a rapidly developing area of practice and is non-inferior to outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in certain infectious syndromes. Currently, the available literature does not describe the implementation of oral antimicrobials within the current outpatient antimicrobial therapy process. Throughout this article, the authors present a review of current literature, a proposed definition of COpAT and offer methods readers can utilize to implement an integrated COpAT/OPAT program with oral antimicrobial-specific monitoring within their current practice.

Keywords: COpAT; OPAT; antimicrobial therapy; artificial intelligence; bone and joint infections; complex outpatient antimicrobial therapy; endocarditis; oral antibiotics.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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