Healio

Oral antibiotics alone not noninferior to IV, oral antibiotics for acute appendicitis

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among adults with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, treatment with 7 days of oral moxifloxacin is not noninferior ...
Labroots

Transitioning from IV to PO antibiotics (and how it's NOT being done properly right now)

A recent cohort study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association delved into managing gram-negative bloodstream infections (GN-BSIs) across 24 hospitals in the United States, ...
Healio

Switch from IV to oral antibiotics associated with shorter hospital stays, treatment length

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Fewer than 6% were “early switchers,” despite this being associated with a shorter duration of antibiotics and ...
clinicaladvisor.com

Switching IV to Oral Antibiotics Noninferior for Some Endocarditis Events

Infectious Endocarditis IV Drug Use For certain patients with endocarditis on the left side of the heart under stable condition, switching from intravenous (IV) antibiotics to orally administered ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Oral Antibiotics Noninferior to IV for Bone, Joint Infection

Noninferiority in intention-to-treat analysis; supported by complete-case, per-protocol, sensitivity analysis (HealthDay News) — For patients being treated for bone or joint infection, oral ...
Forbes

Patients With Bone Infections May Benefit As Much From Oral Antibiotics As IVs, OVIVA Study Finds

As an Infectious Disease physician, I see many patients with osteomyelitis, or infection of the bone. It’s a common infection especially in patients with diabetes, poor circulation, and following ...
Medscape

Ambulatory Treatment With IV Antibiotics Safe, Feasible for Pediatric UTI

Oct. 8, 2004 -- Febrile young children with urinary tract infection (UTI) may be successfully treated with intravenous (IV) antibiotics given at a day treatment center (DTC), according to the results ...
clinicaladvisor.com

ORAL AND IV ANTIBIOTICS APPEAR SIMILARLY EFFECTIVE FOR SEVERE UTI

Oral antibiotics appear as effective as IV antibiotics for treating severe UTIs, based on a systematic Cochrane review of 15 randomized trials comparing different modes of administration in 1,743 ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Antibiotic Use May Impact PFS, Overall Survival in Lung Cancer Patients Treated With Pembrolizumab

In patients with naïve advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and high PD-LI expression who are treated with pembrolizumab, the use of intravenous (IV) antibiotics may negatively impact ...
Nature

Efficacy of prophylactic IV antibiotics in odontogenic bacteraemia prevention

Intravenous ampicillin is an effective drug regimen for reducing dental bacteraemia for comprehensive treatment under GA. If antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a concern, alternative ...
Seattle Times

Bonds has IV removed, will start oral antibiotics

DENVER — San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds had an IV removed yesterday, but will need to keep taking oral antibiotics to fight an infection in his troublesome right knee. Bonds had been on intravenous ...