Journal article
Antimicrobial utilization in very-low-birth-weight infants: association with probiotic use
Abstract
ObjectiveTo examine the association between probiotic use and antimicrobial utilization.Study designWe retrospectively evaluated very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants admitted to tertiary neonatal intensive care units in Canada between 2014 and 2019. Our outcome was antimicrobial utilization rate (AUR) defined as number of days of antimicrobial exposure per 1000 patient-days.ResultOf 16,223 eligible infants, 7279 (45%) received probiotics. …
Authors
Ting JY; Yoon EW; Fajardo CA; Daboval T; Bertelle V; Shah PS
Journal
Journal of Perinatology, Vol. 42, No. 7, pp. 947–952
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
July 2022
DOI
10.1038/s41372-022-01382-w
ISSN
0743-8346