Short versus prolonged courses of antibiotic therapy for children with uncomplicated Gram-negative bacteraemia | Zendy

Sun Hee Park | Zendy; Aaron M. Milstone | Zendy; Marie DienerWest | Zendy; Véronique Nussenblatt | Zendy; Sara E. Cosgrove | Zendy; Pranita D. Tamma | Zendy

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Short versus prolonged courses of antibiotic therapy for children with uncomplicated Gram-negative bacteraemia

Author(s) -

Sun Hee Park,

Aaron M. Milstone,

Marie DienerWest,

Véronique Nussenblatt,

Sara E. Cosgrove,

Pranita D. Tamma

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkt424

Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , gram , bacteremia , antibiotic therapy , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , genetics

The optimal duration of antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated Gram-negative bacteraemia remains undefined. Our objective was to compare clinical outcomes of receiving short (7-10 days) versus prolonged (>10 days) durations of antibiotic therapy for children with uncomplicated Gram-negative bacteraemia.

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