Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy for infective endocarditis : model of care

Dylan Rajaratnam; Rohan Rajaratnam

doi:10.3390/antibiotics12020355

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy for infective endocarditis : model of care

Dylan Rajaratnam, Rohan Rajaratnam

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious infectious disease with significant mortality and morbidity placing a burden on healthcare systems. Outpatient antimicrobial therapy in selected patients has been shown to be safe and beneficial to both patients and the healthcare system. In this article, we review the literature on the model of care for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in infective endocarditis and propose that systems of care be developed based on local resources and all patients admitted with infective endocarditis be screened appropriately for outpatient antimicrobial therapy.

Original language	English
Article number	355
Number of pages	9
Journal	Antibiotics
Volume	12
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12020355
Publication status	Published - Feb 2023

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OPAT
infective endocarditis
multidisciplinary team

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