Our case report and others from the literature suggest vancomycin causes allergic AIN. Clinicians should be aware of this adverse effect in an era of increasing use of vancomycin for treatment of resistant gram-positive organisms.
Background: Adult outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) programs have been reported in the literature for over 20 years, however there are no published reports quantifying preference for treatment location of patients referred to an OPAT program. The purpose of this study was to elicit treatment location preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) from patients referred to an OPAT program.
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