similarly found that prescribing three or more antibiotics (OR = 1.7, 95% CI 1.1–2.1, p-value = 0.020) is a risk factor for inappropriate antibiotic use compared to patients prescribed one antibiotic; but in contrast to the present study, those authors found that a long hospital ...
Table 2 Paediatric antimicrobial dosing guidelines. Duration Like other serious infections, intravenous antibiotics can be stepped down to an oral regimen when there are signs of improvement in orbital cellulitis. Oral antibiotics should continue for the shortest effective duration to reduce the risk of ...