Clinical Value of an Ambulatory-Based Antibiogram for Uropathogens in Children: Table 1. | Zendy

Kevin W. Dahle | Zendy; E. Kent Korgenski | Zendy; Adam L. Hersh | Zendy; Rajendu Srivastava | Zendy; Per H. Gesteland | Zendy

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Clinical Value of an Ambulatory-Based Antibiogram for Uropathogens in Children: Table 1.

Author(s) -

Kevin W. Dahle,

E. Kent Korgenski,

Adam L. Hersh,

Rajendu Srivastava,

Per H. Gesteland

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2048-7207

pISSN - 2048-7193

DOI - 10.1093/jpids/pis055

Subject(s) - medicine , antibiogram , ambulatory , pediatrics , antibiotics , urinary system , population , intensive care medicine , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , environmental health , biology

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.

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