The high rate of adverse drug events in children receiving prolonged outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy for osteomyelitis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 539-541

  Faden, Dara ^a   Faden, Howard S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Cefazolin; Ceftriaxone; Clindamycin; Drug related hepatitis; Drug related leukopenia; Drug related rash; Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy; Oxacillin; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER TOXICITY; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA;

EID: 67649509690     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318193ef38     Document Type: Article

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