Prolonged antibiotic use in very low birth weight neonates associated with increased morbidity
1. Very low birth weight (VLBW) infants who received antibiotics for 4 to 7 days had significant increased odds of ...
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Better UTI resolution with 5-day nitrofurantoin over single-dose fosfomycin
1. In this randomized controlled trial, women with uncomplicated urinary tract infections receiving 5-days of nitrofurantoin experienced increased clinical and ...
Meropenem-vaborbactam non-inferior to piperacillin-tazobactam for complicated urinary tract infections: The TANGO I trial
1. In this randomized controlled trial, meropenem-vaborbactam was found to be non-inferior to piperacillin-tazobactam for treating complicated urinary tract infections ...
Early dermatology consultation linked to improved diagnostic accuracy and care in cellulitis
1. Among patients admitted to the hospital for a provisional diagnosis of cellulitis, early dermatologic consultation was associated with improved ...
QI initiatives improve antibiotic initiation in bone marrow transplant patients
1. Increased education and process standardization led to a significant decrease in time to antibiotic administration among inpatient bone marrow ...
More physicians are choosing shorter intravenous antibiotic courses for infantile urinary tract infections
1. Proportion of children ≤60 days old receiving more than 4 days (long-course) of intravenous (IV) antibiotics for urinary tract ...
Childhood antibiotic use not linked to celiac or islet cell autoimmunity
1. In a prospective study of children at-risk for development of type-1 diabetes, antibiotic use was not associated with the ...
Antibiotic prescribing rates in pediatric emergency departments vary by race and ethnicity
1. Non-Hispanic (NH) white children were more likely to be prescribed antibiotics for viral acute respiratory tract illnesses (ARTIs) in ...
Implementation of pneumococcal vaccine programs linked to decreased antibiotic prescription
1. After implementation of practice guidelines advocating rational antibiotic prescribing for primary care providers, as well as a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate ...
Antibiotics often overprescribed in elderly patients
1. Almost half of elderly patients received an antibiotic prescription for a non-bacterial acute upper respiratory infection (AURI. 2. Patients ...