Efficacy and safety of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy for infective endocarditis: A ten-year prospective study

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 587-592

  Cervera, Carlos ^a   Del Río, Ana ^a   García, Laura ^a   Sala, Marta ^a   Almela, Manel ^a   Moreno, Asunción ^a   Falces, Carlos ^a   Mestres, Carlos A ^a   Marco, Francesc ^a   Robau, Marga ^a   Gatell, José M ^a   Miró, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococci; Enterococcus faecalis; Glycopeptides; Infective endocarditis; Native valve endocarditis; Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT); Pacemaker lead infective endocarditis; Prosthetic valve endocarditis; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus bovis; Viridans group streptococci

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN PLUS TEICOPLANIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIVE VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PACEMAKER; PACEMAKER LEAD ENDOCARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOME NURSING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SELF ADMINISTRATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053050994     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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