Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy. Managemnt of serious infections. Part II: Amenable infections and models for delivery. Emergency department and urgent care center.

Two approaches to outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy are commonly used in the emergency care setting. One is daily administration of a parenteral antibiotic followed by oral therapy if clinical response has been satisfactory. The other is administration of a single parenteral dose to initiate a course of oral therapy. Both treatment strategies have proved effective in preliminary studies.