Comparison of Oral Cephalosporin and Penicillin Step-Down Therapy for the Treatment of Gram-Negative Blood Stream Infections: A Retrospective Observational Study
Oral cephalosporins were noninferior to oral penicillins as step-down therapy for Enterobacterales GNBSI. This represents the first comparison of oral beta-lactams for the treatment of GNBSI.
Authors
- Caitlin C. Akerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6841-773X)
- Alison I. Orvin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9579-5775)
- Bethany Volkmar
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Prisma Health (US)
- Vidant Medical Center (US)
- WakeMed (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Pharmacotherapy
- Published
- 2026-03-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10600280261426346
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00