Short course antibiotic therapy: When is no difference the same?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Noa.Fleiss@Yale.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research Hub, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

Editorial

Noa Fleiss et al. J Perinatol. 2023 Jun.

. 2023 Jun;43(6):683-684.

doi: 10.1038/s41372-023-01671-y. Epub 2023 Apr 7.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Noa.Fleiss@Yale.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research Hub, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

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Short-course empiric antibiotic therapy for possible early-onset sepsis in the NICU.
Sánchez PJ, Prusakov P, de Alba Romero C, Zamora-Flores E, Reyes Escamilla MC, White NO, Miller RR, Moraille R, Theile AR, Magers JK; Nationwide Children’s Hospital Neonatal Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (NEO-ASP). Sánchez PJ, et al. J Perinatol. 2023 Jun;43(6):741-745. doi: 10.1038/s41372-023-01634-3. Epub 2023 Feb 22. J Perinatol. 2023. PMID: 36813903

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