Current antibiotic and prophylactic antifungal drug policies in UK neonatal intensive care units: a national survey
While EoS treatment was consistent across units, there remained wide variation in antibiotic regimens used for LoS and meningitis, and for neonates with indwelling central venous catheters. Guidelines specific to preterm neonates were limited. The practice of routine antifungal prophylaxis has been more prevalent since the last UK survey in 2006-07 but is still neither universal nor consistent.
Authors
- Paul Trafford Heath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7540-7433)
- Vennila Ponnusamy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1987-5531)
- Paul Clarke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6203-7632)
- Carla Kantyka
- Rishini Wanigasekara
Institutions
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- St George's, University of London (GB)
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
- Published
- 2025-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlaf194
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00