Adverse events, healthcare interventions and healthcare utilization during home infusion therapy with daptomycin and vancomycin: a propensity score-matched cohort study | Zendy

Nabin K. Shrestha | Zendy; P Mason | Zendy; Steven Gordon | Zendy; Elizabeth Neuner | Zendy; Benjamin Nutter | Zendy; Colin O’Rourke | Zendy; Susan J. Rehm | Zendy

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Adverse events, healthcare interventions and healthcare utilization during home infusion therapy with daptomycin and vancomycin: a propensity score-matched cohort study

Author(s) -

Nabin K. Shrestha,

P Mason,

Steven Gordon,

Elizabeth Neuner,

Benjamin Nutter,

Colin O’Rourke,

Susan J. Rehm

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkt512

Subject(s) - daptomycin , medicine , adverse effect , psychological intervention , antimicrobial , health care , intensive care medicine , vancomycin , cohort , propensity score matching , antimicrobial stewardship , emergency medicine , antibiotics , staphylococcus aureus , antibiotic resistance , nursing , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , economic growth , economics , genetics

Vancomycin and daptomycin are the two most frequently prescribed parenteral antimicrobials for resistant Gram-positive bacterial infections. The purpose of this study was to compare antimicrobial adverse event rates and associated healthcare interventions and healthcare utilization in patients treated with the two antimicrobials.

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