Antimicrobial resistance has become a serious global issue, posing a significant threat to
public health and healthcare professionals. Since the advent of penicillin, many antibiotics …

Background Children with high‐intensity neurologic impairment (HINI) have an increased
risk of urinary tract infection (UTI) and prolonged intravenous (IV) antibiotic exposure …

Background Emerging evidence suggests that initial oral and intravenous (IV) antibiotics
have similar efficacy in pediatric community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP), but further data are …

Importance Subspecialty consultation is a frequent, consequential practice in the pediatric
inpatient setting. Little is known about factors affecting consultation practices. Objectives To …

BACKGROUND Route of administration is an important component of antimicrobial
stewardship. Early transition from intravenous to enteral antibiotics in hospitalized children is …

The perceived superiority of intravenous (IV) over oral antibiotics drives many clinical
interventions in hospitalized children. For a critically ill patient, few would question the need …

Background: Clinical practice guidelines recommend using narrow-spectrum antibiotics to
treat uncomplicated pneumonia in children. This quality improvement (QI) project aimed to …

Acute osteomyelitis is a common condition among children and is associated with intensive
health care resource use. 1 The practice of treating pediatric osteomyelitis with long-term …

Purpose In recent years an earlier step down to oral antibiotic therapy has been advocated
for numerous infections. Trained infectious disease specialists regularly consulting their …

Hintergrund: Die akute Mastoiditis (AM) stellt eine sehr seltene, aber schwere Komplikation
der akuten Otitis media (AOM) dar. Infektionen der Atemwege sind die Hauptindikation für …