Cost-analysis of inpatient and outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in orthopaedics: A systematic literature review

Table 1 Exclusion criteria for systematic literature review

Exclusion criteria
No relation to OPAT
No bacterial infections
Only prophylactic antibiotic therapy
No distinction between oral and parenteral outpatient antibiotic therapy
Parenteral therapy with orally available antibiotics
Non-English language publication
No original study (e.g., comments, letters, etc.)
Combination of IPAT and OPAT
Only patients < 18 yr
Case reports and case series with < 15 cases
Poster-publications/Congress abstracts etc.
“Specific infections” or tropical diseases
Study protocols (without original clinical data)
Simulations (without original clinical data)
CME publications (without original clinical data)
Non-peer-reviewed journals
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OPAT: Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy.