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Eligibility for and Use of Oral Antimicrobial Therapy Among Veterans With Osteoarticular Infections: A Retrospective Study Across 8 Medical Centers
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Eligibility for and Use of Oral Antimicrobial Therapy Among Veterans With Osteoarticular Infections: A Retrospective Study Across 8 Medical Centers

Jacquelyn Mareau, Bruce Alexander, Jason Egge, Brett Heintz, Hiroyuki Suzuki and Daniel J. Livorsi
Open forum infectious diseases, Vol.9(9), pp.ofac450-ofac450
09/02/2022
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac450
PMCID: PMC9472666
PMID: 36119960
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https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac450View
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Abstract

We retrospectively evaluated antimicrobial therapy in 145 randomly selected patients with osteoarticular infections across 8 hospitals. One hundred nine (75%) were eligible for oral antimicrobial therapy, but only 18 received it: 5 of 39 (13%) in 2018 versus 13 of 70 (19%) in 2019-2020 (P = .44). Oral antimicrobials may be underutilized for osteoarticular infections in routine practice.
Immunology Infectious Diseases Microbiology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology

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