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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2026

Emphasizing the O in OPAT: A Pathway for Clinic-Initiated Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (CI-OPAT) at an Academic Center.

Molly McDonough, Michael Yarrington, Jason Funaro, Jenny Shroba, Kristen Dicks

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Molly McDonoughDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2635-6473
Michael YarringtonDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3186-1519
Jason FunaroDepartment of Pharmacy, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0450-9966
Jenny ShrobaDepartment of Pharmacy, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Kristen DicksDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our infectious diseases (ID) clinic began a clinic-initiated outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (CI-OPAT) program to avoid unnecessary emergency department visits or inpatient admissions. In this single-center retrospective case series, we describe the treatment of 59 outpatients with CI-OPAT with low rates of complications. These findings suggest that CI-OPAT programs can be safe and effective.

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clinic-initiated OPATOPAToutpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy

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PMID41884423
PMCPMC13012596

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