Risk Factors Associated With Prolonged Antibiotic Use in Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis

• Main Authors: Cuiyao He (Author), Xiaogang Hu (Author), Tingsong Li (Author), Qing Wu (Author), Jisan Fan (Author), Yan Zhou (Author), Li Jiang (Author), Siqi Hong (Author), Yuanyuan Luo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: To determine the risk factors associated with a prolonged antibiotic course for community-acquired bacterial meningitis (BM) in children.Methods: This retrospective cohort study included children aged 1 month to 18 years with community-acquired BM due to a confirmed causative pathogen fr...