Nowadays, rising levels of antimicrobial resistance demands parenteral therapy for many patients.
He was started on 6 weeks of parenteral therapy.
After the complete 2-week course of parenteral therapy, her ocular findings resolved dramatically.
Sixteen of the 20 patients had parenteral antibiotic therapy of <10 days, whereas nine of these patients received <7 days of parenteral therapy (mean, 8.2 days).
STUDY DESIGN: Following completion of parenteral therapy, infants with central nervous system and/or disseminated disease received 2 years of continuous oral acyclovir therapy.
Only at this time was broad-spectrum antibiotic parenteral therapy started (ceftazidime 200 × 2 mg, amikacina 40 × 2 mg, metronidazole 60 × 2 mg).
The duration of therapy is dependent upon the organism identified; longer therapy is indicated for opportunistic infections, whereas 6-8 weeks of parenteral therapy is indicated for bacterial brain abscesses.
Seven adolescents and three adults presented in status migrainosus or chronic migraine and either declined daily oral preventative therapy or had previous intolerance to most of the accepted daily preventive agents, but accepted parenteral therapy for escalating severe disabling headache.
In the sick or extremely premature neonate, this process is compounded by systemic and respiratory illness, renal immaturity, environment, and a total dependence on parenteral therapy to maintain homeostasis [28].
Ferumoxytol is a safe and effective parenteral therapy used for the treatment of iron deficiency anaemia that has recently been approved for use in North America and in Europe.
Ingram and coworkers retrospectively studied 167 patients with bone, joint, and skin MRSA infection on an outpatient parenteral therapy with vancomycin [19]; 12 subjects were treated with continuous infusion and 55 received intermittent vancomycin in an nonrandomized setting.
