Self-administered outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy: A report of three years experience in the Irish healthcare setting

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1369-1374

  Kieran, J ^a   O'Reilly, A ^a   Parker, J ^a   Clarke, S ^a   Bergin, C ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTRIAXONE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRONCHIECTASIS; CATHETER INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOCARDITIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESOPHAGEAL ACTINOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER ABSCESS; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL INFECTION; NEUTROPENIA; OCULAR SYPHILIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT PARENTERAL ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS ABSCESS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSOAS ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449520194     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0794-5     Document Type: Article

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