A bundle of the top 10 OPAT publications in 2024.

Childs-Kean, L. M., Azimi, S. F., Beieler, A. M., Castellino, L., Keller, S. C., Pertzborn, M., Yamshchikov, A., Yoke, L. H., Young, K., & Mahoney, M. , V. (2026). A bundle of the top 10 OPAT publications in 2024.. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology : ASHE, 6(1), e20.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is a mainstay of clinical infectious diseases practice, and OPAT-related publications continue to be prominent in journals. The objective of this article is to summarize ten clinically important OPAT-related publications from 2024.

DESIGN: Narrative review.

METHODS: Eighty-one articles were found in a literature search, and 56 met inclusion criteria. A survey containing 25 articles was sent to an email listserv of clinicians with OPAT experience.

RESULTS: This article summarizes the top 10 OPAT articles published in 2024, based on those survey results.

CONCLUSIONS: Common themes from the top 10 OPAT articles published in 2024 included OPAT clinician workload, patient perspectives of OPAT, tools for OPAT work, and dalbavancin use.

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