Antimicrobial Stewardship in Pediatrics: An Indian Perspective.

198Evaluation of Antibiotic Use in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): from an Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) perspective

198. Evaluation of Antibiotic Use in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): from an Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) perspective Joseph Ting, MBBS, FRCPC, MPH; Karen Ng, BSc Pharm, PharmD; Simon Dobson, MD, FRCPC; Peter Tilley, MD, FRCPC; Horacio Osiovich, MD, FRCPC; Don Hamilton, BSc Pharm; Srinivas Murthy, MD, FRCPC; Ashley Roberts, MD, MEd, FRCPC; Pediatrics, University of British Columbia,...

Antimicrobial stewardship in pediatrics: a good beginning but we have a long way to go.

It has been 7 years since publication of Guidelines for Developing an Institutional Program to Enhance Antimicrobial Stewardship. Progress has been made in some areas but we continue to struggle in others. Acknowledgment of the seriousness of emergence of antimicrobial resistance by both the academic community and, finally, the government raises hopes that relief from the dearth of new effectiv...

Ceftriaxone-induced hemolysis in a child with Lyme arthritis: a case for antimicrobial stewardship.

Guidelines for the treatment of Lyme arthritis were published by the Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2006 and recommended oral doxycycline for initial therapy. We report here the case of a young girl treated with intravenous ceftriaxone who subsequently developed drug-induced autoimmune hemolytic anemia and renal failure. Her severe sequelae highlight the importance of antimicrobial s...

Cost Analysis of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) Protocol for Adherence to the 2014 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Palivizumab Prophylaxis Recommendations in a Freestanding Children’s Hospital

Antimicrobial stewardship in pediatrics: focusing on the challenges clinicians face

BACKGROUND Antimicrobial use is very common in hospitalized children. An assessment of clinician's prevailing knowledge and clinical approach to prescribing antimicrobials is helpful in order to develop the best strategies for successful stewardship programs. The objectives of the study were to determine fundamental knowledge of principles, approach to antimicrobial use through the clinical vig...