Partial oral antibiotic treatment of endocarditis in patients who inject drugs: a case series

• Published in: JAC-antimicrobial resistance Vol. 4; no. 1; p. dlac008
• Main Authors: Miller, Kaylie, Evans, Emily, Sheridan, Kathleen R., Nauriyal, Varidhi, Viehman, J. Alexander, Rivosecchi, Ryan, Stoner, Bobbi Jo, El-Dalati, Sami
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.03.2022
• Subjects: Antibiotics; Drug use; Endocarditis; Original

Abstract Background Recent literature has demonstrated that partial oral antibiotic treatment of infectious endocarditis is non-inferior to IV therapy in select patients. Despite the rising incidence of injection drug use-related endocarditis, partial oral therapy has not been well studied in person...