Intravenous-only or intravenous transitioned to oral antimicrobials for Enterobacteriaceae-associated bacteremic urinary tract infection

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Abstract

Limited evidence supports use of oral antibiotics for Enterobacteriaceae-associated bacteremic urinary tract infection. This retrospective cohort study found no statistically significant difference in the composite outcome of treatment failure in patients who received exclusively intravenous versus intravenous/oral antibiotics for the treatment of bacteremic urinary tract infections.

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Journal ID (nlm-journal-id): 8111305

Journal ID (pubmed-jr-id): 6511

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Pharmacotherapy

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Pharmacotherapy

Title: Pharmacotherapy

ISSN (Print): 0277-0008

ISSN (Electronic): 1875-9114

Publication date Nihms-submitted: 7 September 2017

Publication date (Electronic): 23 October 2017

Publication date (Print): November 2017

Publication date PMC-release: 01 November 2018

Volume: 37

Issue: 11

Pages: 1479-1483

Affiliations

[1 ]Department of Pharmacy Services, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

[2 ]Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcome Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

[3 ]Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

[4 ]Department of Public Health Sciences/Hollings Cancer Center & South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

Author notes

Address correspondence to: Krista L. Rieger, Department of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, krieger@ 123456uwhealth.org , tel: (608) 263-6400

DR KRISTA LEE RIEGER (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-8665-9054)

DR SHAWN H MACVANE (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-8019-2270)

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Accession ID: PMC5681413 Pmcid ID: PMC5681413 Pmc-uid ID: 5681413 Manuscript ID: nihpa903929

DOI: 10.1002/phar.2024

PMC ID: 5681413

PubMed ID: 28869655

SO-VID: 98ff4be1-d0c3-4506-8181-55d2caf54ef5

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