Better Follow-up Needed for Patients With Actinomyces Infections

A University of Kentucky (UK) HealthCare study found that although some patients admitted for surgery received appropriate antibiotics during their stay for Actinomyces species infection, there was a steep dropoff in such prescribing at discharge, including delayed treatment starts.As a result, “there were some patients who had more than one readmission,” noted Ann Margaret Routon, PharmD, a PGY-2 critical care pharmacy resident who presented UK HealthCare's analysis.The study began