Magazine article
Antibiotic use during the first 200 days of life
Archives of family medicine, Vol.5(9), pp.523-526
10/1996
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.5.9.523
PMID: 8930223
Abstract
To examine the use of antibiotics by infants in eastern Iowa, longitudinal data were collected from a cohort recruited at birth from 8 hospitals. Parents of recruited children were mailed questionnaires 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months after birth. Cumulative rates of use were determined by means of life tables for any antibiotic as well as by type of antibiotic. Factors associated with antibiotic use and patterns of use were also determined. There were data for 789 children. Antibiotic use was common in our cohort and increased with age. At 50, 100, 150, and 200 days of life, 8.7%, 26.7%, 37.3%, and 70.5%, respectively, of the infants had used at least 1 antibiotic. Infants were most frequently treated with amoxicillin, followed by cephalosporins and sulfonamides. Otitis media was the illness that most commonly prompted the use of an antibiotic.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Antibiotic use during the first 200 days of life
- Creators
- G R Bergus - Department of Family Practice, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA. george-bergus@uiowa.eduB T LevyS M LevyS L SlagerM C Kiritsy
- Resource Type
- Magazine article
- Publication Details
- Archives of family medicine, Vol.5(9), pp.523-526
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1001/archfami.5.9.523
- PMID
- 8930223
- ISSN
- 1063-3987
- eISSN
- 1941-1758
- Grant note
- P30-DE10126 / NIDCR NIH HHS R01-DE09551 / NIDCR NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/1996
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Physician Assistant Studies; Psychiatry; Epidemiology; Family and Community Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983917683902771
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