Purpose To summarize the evidence comparing the effectiveness of short and long courses
of oral antibiotics for infections treated in outpatient settings. Methods We identified …

Summary Background The 2017 WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children
(EMLc) groups antibiotics as Access, Watch, or Reserve, based on recommendations of their …

The diagnosis of bacteremia in children is important and it can be clinically challenging to
recognize the signs and symptoms. The reported rates of bacteremia are higher in young …

Objective The aim of this study was to describe the long-term health outcomes of children
born to mothers with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and to assess the impact of maternal …

Introduction Understanding patterns of antibiotic consumption is essential to ensure access
to appropriate antibiotics when needed and to minimise overuse, which can lead to …

The key objective of this research was to generate new evidence on outpatient antibiotic
prescription rate and patterns in the private sector in India. We used 12-month period (May …

Background Acute otitis media (AOM) is a common childhood disease, with an enormous
economic and healthcare-related burden. Guidelines and consensus papers for AOM …

Background: To describe patterns of antibiotic outpatient use in 3 European countries,
including 2 new pediatric-specific quality indicators (QIs). Methods: A cohort study was …

Antibiotic exposure during neonatal development may result in transient or persistent
alterations of key microbes that are vital for normal development of local and systemic …

Background A central component of the German antibiotic resistance strategy is to monitor
the outpatient prescribing of systemic antibiotics nationwide, across all of the statutory health …