Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy for osteomyelitis

Osteomyelitis is an excellent example of an infection that can benefit from outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy. Most cases require a prolonged course of intravenous antimicrobial therapy although the patient may be well otherwise. Although the spectrum of organisms and related diseases is great, antimicrobial can be selected and used to meet the needs of almost any situation. For osteomyelitis, there must often be special considerations in regard to patient selection, delivery model, vascular access, infusion device, surgery, and other diseases that may play an important role.