Risk Of All-Cause Mortality Similar In Patients With Uncomplicated, Gram-Negative Bacteremia Who Switched Early From Oral To IV Antibiotics, Study Finds

MedPage Today (1/23, Kahn) reports, “Risk of all-cause mortality was similar in patients with uncomplicated gram-negative bacteremia who switched early to oral antibiotics from IV antibiotics, according to retrospective, cohort study.” Among “patients who transitioned early to oral antibiotics, 6.9% died within a 3-month follow-up, compared with 14.3% of patients who received prolonged IV antibiotic treatment, Sandra Tingsgard, MD, from Copenhagen University Hospital–Amager and Hvidovre in Denmark, and colleagues, reported in JAMA Network Open.”