The Oral Pheneticillin Absorption Test: An Accurate Method to Identify Patients with Inadequate Oral Pheneticillin Absorption

• Main Authors: Anneke C. Dijkmans (Author), Dinemarie M. Kweekel (Author), Jaap T. van Dissel (Author), Michiel J. van Esdonk (Author), Ingrid M. C. Kamerling (Author), Jacobus Burggraaf (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Severe streptococcal infections are commonly treated with intravenous followed by oral penicillin (pheneticillin) therapy. However, switching from iv to oral therapy is complicated by the variability in oral pheneticillin absorption. We employed an Oral Absorption Test (OAT) for pheneticillin to ide...