Impact of a pediatric infectious disease consultation service on timely step-down to oral antibiotic treatment for bone and joint infections.

"Declarations Conflict of interestNJ has received lecture fees from Gilead, Infectopharm, MSD, Bayer and Labor Stein and travel grants from Pfizer, Gilead, Basilea, Correvio, Pfizer and Novartis and grants from an observational study from Infectopharm. AO and KM have received lecture fees from AstraZeneca and Chiesi and travel grants from Gilead. AY and SB have no relevant financial or non-financial interest to disclose. Ethical approvalEthical approval was waived by the local Ethics Committee of the University of Cologne in view of the retrospective nature of the study and all the procedures being performed were part of the routine care. Conflict of interest NJ has received lecture fees from Gilead, Infectopharm, MSD, Bayer and Labor Stein and travel grants from Pfizer, Gilead, Basilea, Correvio, Pfizer and Novartis and grants from an observational study from Infectopharm. AO and KM have received lecture fees from AstraZeneca and Chiesi and travel grants from Gilead. AY and SB have no relevant financial or non-financial interest to disclose."

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