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

• Main Authors: Chan, M, Ooi, C.K, Wong, J, Zhong, L, Lye, D
• Other Authors: MEDICINE
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid; antibiotic agent; cefazolin; ceftriaxone; clindamycin; cloxacillin; probenecid; antiinfective agent; abscess drainage; adult; aged; antibiotic sensitivity; antibiotic therapy; Article; bacterium culture; cellulitis; community acquired infection; controlled study; disease duration; disease exacerbation; emergency ward; erythema; female; fever; hospital readmission; hospitalization; human; Klebsiella pneumoniae; length of stay; major clinical study; male; methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus; nonhuman; outcome assessment; outpatient care; pain; patient referral; patient selection; retrospective study; Singapore; skin abscess; skin infection; soft tissue infection; swelling; treatment duration; university hospital; adolescent; drug effects; intravenous drug administration; isolation and purification; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; middle aged; outpatient; outpatient department; staphylococcal skin infection; Staphylococcus infection; treatment outcome; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Ceftriaxone; Cloxacillin; Community-Acquired Infections; Female; Humans; Infusions, Intravenous; Male; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Middle Aged; Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; Outpatients; Retrospective Studies; Skin Diseases, Infectious; Soft Tissue Infections; Staphylococcal Infections; Staphylococcal Skin Infections; Treatment Outcome
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/181264
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1186/s12879-017-2569-4