Association of empiric antibiotic selection and clinical outcomes in hospitalised children with severe orbital infections: a retrospective cohort study

CONCLUSIONS: Empiric use of broad-spectrum antibiotics with staphylococci and anaerobic coverage was associated with longer length of stay and similar rates of surgery in children with orbital infections. There is an urgent need for comparative effectiveness studies of various antibiotic regimes.PMID:38589203 | DOI:10.1136/archdischild-2023-326175

Source: cmaj - April 8, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Carsten Krueger Emily Lan-Vy Nguyen Sanjay Mahant Cornelia M Borkhoff Jessica Cichon Olivier Drouin Catherine Pound Julie Quet Gita Wahi Ann Bayliss Gemma Vomiero Jessica Foulds Ronik Kanani Mahmoud Sakran Anupam Sehgal Eleanor Pullenayegum Elysa Widjaja Source Type: research