%P 1104-1106
%D 2019
%N 11
%K sepsis, antibiotics, neonates, children
%T Global Divergence From World Health Organization Treatment Guidelines for Neonatal and Pediatric Sepsis
%V 38
%I Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
%L discovery10080302
%J The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
%A C Jackson
%A Y Hsia
%A R Basmaci
%A J Bielicki
%A PT Heath
%A A Versporten
%A H Goossens
%A M Sharland
%O This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
%X We used data from 2 global point prevalence surveys of antibiotic prescribing to describe the treatment of sepsis in hospitalized neonates and children. One hundred eighty-five of 824 neonates (22.5%) and 9/786 children (1.1%) received a World Health Organization-recommended first-line treatment; of the remainder, 9/639 neonates (1.4%) and 102/777 children (13.1%) received a World Health Organization-recommended second-line treatment. Reasons for this low adherence to guidance should be explored.