A Review of the Clinical Utilization of Oral Antibacterial Therapy in the Treatment of Bone Infections in Adults

• Main Authors: Nicholas Haddad (Author), Jibran Ajaz (Author), Lina Mansour (Author), Robert Kasemodel (Author), Jennifer Jarvis (Author), John Jarad (Author), Haley Gorski (Author), Maddie Carr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chronic osteomyelitis in adults is managed with prolonged courses of intravenous antibiotics in conjunction with surgical debridement of necrotic bone. Over the past 40 years, there has been no paradigm shift in this approach, as randomized controlled trials of this standard of care compared to alte...