Expect More Oral Antibiotics for Bone and Joint Infections
September 2025
You’ll see renewed focus on using highly bioavailable ORAL antibiotics for bone and joint infections in adults.
Patients with bone and joint infections are usually treated with IV antibiotics...often for 6 weeks or longer.
But prolonged courses of IV antibiotics increase catheter-related clot and infection risk, as well as healthcare costs.
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