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Antibiotic Resistance
Antimicrobial update: optimizing prescribing for common infections
October 08, 2022
At the 2022 AAP National Conference & Exhibition in Anaheim, California, Rana E. El Feghaly, MD, MSCI, associate professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Missouri, led a session on how pediatric clinicians can employ best practices when prescribing medications for common childhood infections.
Does that child really have an antibiotic allergy?
June 03, 2022
Most children outgrow an adverse drug reaction to oral antibiotics, according to an Icelandic study.
For community-acquired pneumonia, 5 days of treatment proves superior to 10
May 04, 2022
An investigation offers more evidence that shorter antibiotic courses can be just as effective as longer ones.
Less is more: Use the shortest effective duration of antibiotics
April 12, 2022
Follow best practices when prescribing antibiotics in the pediatric population
Prescribing antibiotics for kids in 2022
March 22, 2022
Rethinking antibiotic guidelines was the focus of this session at the 43rd National Conference on Pediatric Health Care for pediatric nurse practitioners in Dallas, Texas.
Shorter antibiotic course appears effective in community-acquired pneumonia treatment
March 11, 2021
The push to responsibly use antibiotics has led to shorter treatment courses when the efficacy is similar to a longer one. A study examines whether shorter courses could be effective in treating community-acquired pneumonia.
Pediatric update on antibiotic use
February 04, 2021
It is more important than ever for health care professionals to remember that overprescribing these drugs can have life-threatening consequences.
Optimizing antibiotic use and infectious diagnostic testing
November 17, 2020
A presentation at the virtual 2020 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition offered a case-based format to highlight several important clinical pearls relating to optimizing antimicrobial use in the outpatient and inpatient pediatrics settings.
Decreasing antibiotic exposure in the neonatal intensive care unit
October 21, 2020
Controlling exposure to antibiotics is important for stewardship programs, and is even more important in neonatal intensive care unit. A report on a quality improvement program offers some good news.
Quality improvement program tries to reduce vancomycin use
July 06, 2020
Reducing antibiotic resistance has been a high priority for quality improvement programs. How well did one program do in reducing vancomycin use?