Open AccessOutpatient Fluoroquinolone Use in Children, 2000–2018
Author(s) -
Richard N. Ross,
Jeffrey S. Gerber,
Zachary Willis,
Adam L. Hersh,
Alan C Kinlaw
Publication year - 2020
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/piaa156
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , confidence interval , cohort , antibiotics , pediatrics , food and drug administration , demographics , cohort study , emergency medicine , environmental health , demography , pharmacology , sociology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
While fluoroquinolones are commonly used in adults, the use in children has been low. Since 2000, there were 3 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Boxed warnings regarding fluoroquinolones (2008, 2013, and 2016). Our objective was to describe the use of fluoroquinolones in children and assess the impact of 3 recent FDA warnings on fluoroquinolone use.