When Oral Therapy Can Replace Intravenous Antibiotics-Changing Practice as New Data Emerge

Astrid Heppenstall Heger; Rachel Baden; Brad Spellberg

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.0923

When Oral Therapy Can Replace Intravenous Antibiotics-Changing Practice as New Data Emerge

JAMA Intern Med. 2023 Jun 1;183(6):505-506. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.0923.

Authors

Astrid Heppenstall Heger^{1

2}, Rachel Baden³, Brad Spellberg³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles County and University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center, Los Angeles.
² Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles.
³ Department of Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles.

PMID: 37067821
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.0923

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This essay describes a physician-patient’s experience with unchanged practice patterns despite the publication of new data challenging those patterns.

MeSH terms

Administration, Intravenous
Administration, Oral
Anti-Bacterial Agents* / therapeutic use
Humans
Practice Patterns, Physicians'*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents