Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy in Young Infants

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2018 May 15;7(2):e40-e42. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piy002.

Abstract

We examined clinical outcomes for 53 young infants (<3 months of age) treated with outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy after discharge from a freestanding children's hospital. None of the patients experienced treatment failure or disease progression; 9% of them experienced a catheter-related complication, but this percentage is not different than that for older children.

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Intravenous
  • Ambulatory Care*
  • Anti-Infective Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Herpes Simplex / drug therapy
  • Hospitals, Pediatric
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Length of Stay
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Utah

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents