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Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2023 May 10;10(5)
fad254.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad254. eCollection 2023 May. Antiviral Prescribing Among Patients at an Ambulatory Cancer Center With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza
Woody Sorey[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Elizabeth M Krantz[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jessica Morris[SUP] 2 [/SUP], John Klaassen[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ania Sweet[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Frank Tverdek[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Zahra K Escobar[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Denise J McCulloch[SUP] 1 2 4 [/SUP], Steven A Pergam[SUP] 1 2 4 [/SUP], Catherine Liu[SUP] 1 2 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Among 133 cancer outpatients diagnosed with influenza between 2016 and 2018, 110 (83%) were prescribed oseltamivir. Among 109 with a known symptom onset date, 53% presented for care and 31% were prescribed oseltamivir within 48 hours. Patient/provider education and rapid diagnostics are needed to improve early oseltamivir use among cancer patients with influenza.
Keywords: ambulatory setting; antibiotic prescribing; cancer patients; influenza; oseltamivir prescribing; rapid diagnostics.
. 2023 May 10;10(5)
fad254.doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad254. eCollection 2023 May. Antiviral Prescribing Among Patients at an Ambulatory Cancer Center With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza
Woody Sorey[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Elizabeth M Krantz[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jessica Morris[SUP] 2 [/SUP], John Klaassen[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ania Sweet[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Frank Tverdek[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Zahra K Escobar[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Denise J McCulloch[SUP] 1 2 4 [/SUP], Steven A Pergam[SUP] 1 2 4 [/SUP], Catherine Liu[SUP] 1 2 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 37250175
- PMCID: PMC10220506
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad254
Among 133 cancer outpatients diagnosed with influenza between 2016 and 2018, 110 (83%) were prescribed oseltamivir. Among 109 with a known symptom onset date, 53% presented for care and 31% were prescribed oseltamivir within 48 hours. Patient/provider education and rapid diagnostics are needed to improve early oseltamivir use among cancer patients with influenza.
Keywords: ambulatory setting; antibiotic prescribing; cancer patients; influenza; oseltamivir prescribing; rapid diagnostics.