A Bundle of the Top 10 OPAT Publications in 2021

Abstract

As outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) becomes more common, it may be difficult to stay current with recent related publications. A group of multidisciplinary OPAT clinicians reviewed and ranked all OPAT publications published in 2021. This article provides a high level summary of OPAT manuscripts that were voted as the “top 10” publications of 2021.

A single centre experience of prosthetic joint infection outcomes with outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy

“…This has been termed as complex outpatient antimicrobial therapy (COpAT) [ 14 ] and may play a greater role in the management of PJIs in the future. It is important to establish this framework in addition to guidance on effective oral antimicrobial regiments and durations of treatment [ 11 , 14 , 15 ]. Of note, the majority of cases included in our study (spanning from 2015 to 2020) preceded the OVIVA study which was conducted in 2019 and were managed using IV antimicrobials on OPAT as per the guidelines followed by our institution at that time.…”

A Bundle of the Top 10 OPAT Publications in 2022

“…Included studies were then assigned a Grading Outcomes–based research in Antimicrobial Therapy (GOAT) score on the same day to minimize the chance of score fluctuation. The GOAT score calculation has been published elsewhere [ 3 ]. In short, the score incorporates the journal's impact factor and the article's average number of citations per month since publication.…”