| Literature DB >> 23687582 |
Kevin W Dahle1, Ernest K Korgenski2, Adam L Hersh3, Rajendu Srivastava4, Per Hans Gesteland5.
Abstract
Unnecessarily broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing for ambulatory pediatric urinary tract infection may result from clinicians not having antibiograms specific to this population. Comparing an existing hospital-based with a proposed ambulatory uropathogen antibiogram for children in Utah, Escherichia coli accounted for a larger percentage and was more susceptible to narrower-spectrum antibiotics, demonstrating the potential need for ambulatory pediatric antibiograms.Entities:
Keywords: Antibiogram; Bacterial; Drug Resistance; Escherichia coli; Urinary Tract Infections
Year: 2012 PMID: 23687582 PMCID: PMC3656542 DOI: 10.1093/jpids/pis055
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc ISSN: 2048-7193 Impact factor: 3.164