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SUBMITTER: Barbieri E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7761799 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barbieri Elisa E De Luca Maia M Minute Marta M D'Amore Carmen C Ciofi Degli Atti Marta Luisa ML Martelossi Stefano S Giaquinto Carlo C Da Dalt Liviana L Zaoutis Theoklis T Dona Daniele D
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) 20201204 12
Antibiotic stewardship programs proved to be effective in improving prescribing appropriateness. This multicenter quasi-experimental study, aimed to assesses the stewardship impact on antibiotics prescribing in different semesters from 2014 to 2019 in three pediatric emergency departments (Center A, B, and C) in Italy. All consecutive patients diagnosed with acute otitis media or pharyngitis were evaluated for inclusion. Two different stewardship were adopted: for Center A and B, clinical pathwa ...[more]