Impact of specialty on the self-reported practice of using oral antibiotic therapy for definitive treatment of bloodstream infections.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No established guidelines exist regarding the role of oral antibiotic therapy (OAT) to treat bloodstream infections (BSIs), and practices may vary depending on clinician specialty and experience.

Objective

To assess practice patterns regarding oral antibiotic use for treatment of bacteremia in infectious diseases clinicians (IDCs, including physicians and pharmacists and trainees in these groups) and non-infectious diseases clinicians (NIDCs).

Design

Open-access survey.

Participants

Clinicians caring for hospitalized patients receiving antibiotics.

Methods

An open-access, web-based survey was distributed to clinicians at a Midwestern academic medical center using e-mail and to clinicians outside the medical center using social media. Responden

SUBMITTER: Marcelin JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10031584 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature