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A Review of Omadacycline for Potential Utility in the Military Health System for the Treatment of Wound Infections.

Daniel V ZurawskiAlisa W SerioChad BlackBrandon PybusKevin S AkersDaniel H DeckSheila JohnsonSupaksorn ChattagulSchroeder M NobleMalik RaynorCharlotte A Lanteri
Published in: Military medicine (2023)
Omadacycline has broad-spectrum activity, the option to be orally administered and an established safety profile, making it a potentially attractive replacement for moxifloxacin in the military individual first aid kit, especially when accounting for the increasing resistance to fluoroquinolones. Further studies and clinical evaluation are warranted to support broader use of omadacycline to treat combat wound infections in the military healthcare system.
Keyphrases
  • clinical evaluation
  • posttraumatic stress disorder
  • wound healing
  • surgical site infection
  • risk assessment
  • human health