Carsten Krueger, Emily Lan-Vy Nguyen, Sanjay Mahant, Cornelia M Borkhoff, Jessica Cichon, Olivier Drouin, Catherine Pound, Julie Quet, Gita Wahi, Ann Bayliss, Gemma Vomiero, Jessica Foulds, Ronik Kanani, Mahmoud Sakran, Anupam Sehgal, Eleanor Pullenayegum, Elysa Widjaja, Arun Reginald, Nikolaus Wolter, Patricia Parkin, Peter J Gill
OBJECTIVE: To determine the association of initial empiric antibiotic regimens with clinical outcomes in hospitalised children with severe orbital infections. DESIGN: Multi-centre observational cohort study using data from 2009 to 2018 clinical records. SETTING: Canadian children's hospitals (7) and community hospitals (3). PATIENTS: Children between 2 months and 18 years hospitalised for >24 hours with severe orbital infections...
April 8, 2024: Archives of Disease in Childhood