Role of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy in the treatment of community acquired skin and soft tissue infections in Singapore

• Main Authors: Chan, Monica, Ooi, Chee Kheong, Wong, Joshua, Zhong, Lihua, Lye, David
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Cellulitis; Outpatient
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86857; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45345
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Treatment of community acquired skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) is a common indication for outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) in USA, UK and Australasia, however data from Asia are lacking. OPAT is well established within the Singapore healthcare since 2002, however,...