“Oral antibiotics for serious infections: no longer a tough pill to swallow”
“Oral antibiotics for serious infections: no longer a tough pill to swallow”
Speaker: Nicolas Cortes-Penfield
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Medical Director, Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Program
Co-director, Orthopedic Infectious Diseases Program
At the end of the presentation, the audience will:
1. Be able to describe the rationale supporting a general preference for oral antibiotic therapy in patients with serious infections.
2. Be able to review modern clinical data demonstrating the efficacy of oral antibiotics in osteoarticular and endovascular infection.
3. Be able to overview practical aspects of selecting oral antimicrobials for patients with serious infections.
Zoom link: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/84083444054?pwd=NXFkOEdobXk3MUtuUkFKb09OckNaZz09