Early switch/early discharge opportunities for hospitalized patients with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus complicated skin and soft tissue infections: Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates

Early switch/early discharge opportunities for hospitalized patients with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus complicated skin and soft tissue infections: Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates

Objectives: To describe opportunities for early switch (ES) from intravenous (IV) to oral (PO) antibiotics and early discharge (ED) of patients hospitalized in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) complicated ski...

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Main Authors: Ashraf El Houfi, Abdulhakeem Al Thaqafi, Thamer H. Alenazi, Fayssal Farahat, Caitlyn T. Solem, Jennifer M. Stephens, Courtney Johnson, Cynthia Macahilig, Wing Yu Tang, Seema Haider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Subjects:
IV-to-PO switch
Length of stay
Antibiotic therapy
Economics
Middle East
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034120304317

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