Estimating antibiotic coverage from linked microbiological and clinical data from the Swiss Paediatric Sepsis Study to support empiric antibiotic regimen selection

• Main Authors: Aislinn Cook (Author), Andrew Atkinson (Author), Andreas Kronenberg (Author), Philipp K. A. Agyeman (Author), Luregn J. Schlapbach (Author), Swiss Pediatric Sepsis Study Group (Author), Christoph Berger (Author), Julia Anna Bielicki (Author), Christoph Aebi (Author), Sara Bernhard-Stirnemann (Author), Eric Giannoni (Author), Ulrich Heininger (Author), Christian Kahlert (Author), Gabriel Konetzny (Author), Antonio Leone (Author), Giancarlo Natalucci (Author), Anita Niederer-Loher (Author), Klara M. Posfay-Barbe (Author), Christa Relly (Author), Thomas Riedel (Author), Martin Stocker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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In light of rising antibiotic resistance, better methods for selection of empiric antibiotic treatment based on clinical and microbiological data are needed. Most guidelines target specific clinical infections, and variably adjust empiric antibiotic selection by certain patient characteristics. Cove...