Hospitalist to home: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy at an academic center

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Nguyen, Hien H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULITIS; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT PARENTERAL ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957838300     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653523     Document Type: Review

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