Lorena Rodríguez-Martínez, Ana Castro-Balado, Gonzalo Hermelo-Vidal, Enrique Bandín-Vilar, Iria Varela-Rey, Francisco José Toja-Camba, Teresa Rodríguez-Jato, Ignacio Novo-Veleiro, Pablo Manuel Varela-García, Irene Zarra-Ferro, Miguel González-Barcia, Cristina Mondelo-García, Jesús Mateos, Anxo Fernández-Ferreiro
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) with continuous infusion pumps is postulated as a very promising solution to treat complicated infections, such as endocarditis or osteomyelitis, that require patients to stay in hospital during extended periods of time, thus reducing their quality of life and increasing the risk of complications. However, stability studies of drugs in elastomeric devices are scarce, which limits their use in OPAT. Therefore, we evaluated the stability of ampicillin in sodium chloride 0...
August 8, 2023: Pharmaceutics