Empiric antibiotic choices for community-acquired biliary tract infections

Empiric antibiotic therapy in children with community-acquired pneumonia.

OBJECTIVE To assess the possible change of clinical response to empiric antibiotic therapy among children survivors hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia at a teaching hospital during 1991-2001. METHODS This was a retrospective observational study. The medical records of children (aged 29 days to 12 years) with diagnosis of presumed bacterial pneumonia at hospital discharge were revi...

Impact of an Emergency Medicine Pharmacist on Appropriate Empiric Antibiotic Prescribing for Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Intra-Abdominal Infections

Community-acquired urinary tract infections in children: pathogens, antibiotic susceptibility and seasonal changes.

AIM Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common infections affecting children. The aim of our study is to determine microorganisms that cause community-acquired urinary tract infections and their antibiotic susceptibility in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS Our investigation includes 150 cases which has positive urine culture. The cases are detected at Pediatric Polyclinics of Dicle University ...

Antibiotic resistance trends in paediatric community-acquired first urinary tract infections in the United Arab Emirates.

We analysed the trend of antibiotic resistance of community-acquired uropathogens over a 4-year period in a cohort of children with a first episode of culture-proven urinary tract infection presenting to the department of paediatrics at a large general secondary care hospital in the United Arab Emirates. Comparisons were made between 2 time periods: 2003-04 versus 2005-06 for 145 children aged ...

Bacterial Etiology and Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections in a Cameroonian City

Introduction. Community-acquired urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are usually treated empirically. Geographical variations in etiologic agents and their antibiotic sensitivity patterns are common. Knowledge of antibiotic resistance trends is important for improving evidence-based recommendations for empirical treatment of UTIs. Our aim was to determine the major bacterial etiologies of CAUTIs ...