Extract
Antibiotics are the most commonly prescribed medicines for acutely unwell children worldwide [1]. Many of these antibiotic prescriptions are issued in a primary care setting [2–4]. Despite this, a robust evidence base for agent selection in primary care is lacking for many childhood indications, including community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). In an era of increasing antibiotic resistance, with optimal antibiotic use being paramount to preserve this precious resource, trials involving ambulatory patients representative of those seen in primary care are needed to address this gap.
Abstract
Survey of EAPRASnet and @PREPARE_EUROPE members reveals heterogeneity of antibiotic choice for childhood pneumonia http://ow.ly/4mIS2P
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all EAPRASnet and PREPARE participants who completed the survey. We are also grateful to Lucy Yardley (University of Southampton, Southhampton, UK) for providing critical input into the survey design.
Footnotes
Support statement: No financial or material support was received for this work. J.A. Bielicki is funded as a Clinical Research Fellow by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme project PREPARE (Grant Agreement number 602525). C.I.S. Barker is funded as a Clinical Research Fellow by the Global Research in Paediatrics Network of Excellence, part of the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration (under Grant Agreement number 261060). Funding information for this article has been deposited with FundRef.
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- Received January 11, 2016.
- Accepted April 2, 2016.
- Copyright ©ERS 2016.
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