Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
ISSN
2048-7193
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
en-US
Abstract
We compared antibiotic prescribing for children with and those without an underlying chronic condition associated with increased risk for invasive pneumococcal disease. Children with a chronic condition had significantly greater cumulative exposure to antibiotics and higher rates of prescriptions per person-year than those without a chronic condition; this population is at increased risk for the emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens.
Recommended Citation
Kevin Outterson,
Disproportionate Exposure to Antibiotics in Children at Risk for Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: Potential for Emerging Resistance and Opportunity for Antibiotic Stewardship
,
in
8
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
63
(2019).
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