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From: Antibiotic stewardship in the PICU: Impact of ward rounds led by paediatric infectious diseases specialists on antibiotic consumption

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Pattern of PICU antibiotic utilization in the pre- and post-implementation period. Use of WHO “Watch group” antibiotics meropenem and vancomycin was halfed (meropenem by 49%, vancomycin by 56%), and use of trimethoprime-sulfamethoxazole decreased significantly during the post-implementation period (p = 0.05). As intended by the antibiotic stewardship team, a sharp increase in ampicillin/sulbactam utilization was observed in the post-implementation period. Mann-Whitney-U-Test was used for comparison of DoT/1000 PD for each antibiotic per PICU stay; p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

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