Practice Summary of Antimicrobial Therapy for Commonly Encountered Conditions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Canadian Perspective

Practice Summary of Antimicrobial Therapy for Commonly Encountered Conditions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Canadian Perspective

Neonates are highly susceptible to infections owing to their immature cellular and humoral immune functions, as well the need for invasive devices. There is a wide practice variation in the choice and duration of antimicrobial treatment, even for relatively common conditions in the NICU, attributed...

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Main Authors: Joseph Y. Ting, Julie Autmizguine, Michael S. Dunn, Julie Choudhury, Julie Blackburn, Shikha Gupta-Bhatnagar, Katrin Assen, Julie Emberley, Sarah Khan, Jessica Leung, Grace J. Lin, Destiny Lu-Cleary, Frances Morin, Lindsay L. Richter, Isabelle Viel-Thériault, Ashley Roberts, Kyong-soon Lee, Erik D. Skarsgard, Joan Robinson, Prakesh S. Shah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
neonate
sepsis
urinary tract infection
surgical prophylaxis
ventilator-associated pneumonia
necrotizing enterocolitis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2022.894005/full

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