Updates This is the fourteenth version (thirteenth update) of the living guideline, replacing
earlier versions (available as data supplements). New recommendations will be published …

Introduction Antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASPs) are recommended to improve
antibiotic use in healthcare and reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Our aim was to …

Background Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a hyperinflammatory
condition associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection, has emerged as a serious illness in …

Background: Clinically suspected and laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infections are
frequent causes of morbidity and mortality during neonatal care. The most effective infection …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: This study aimed at evaluating the predictors and outcomes
associated with multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial (MDR-GNB) infections in an …

OBJECTIVESTo describe trends in the epidemiology of healthcare-associated Infections
(HAIs) in pediatric/neonatal intensive care units (ICUs) and to evaluate risk factors and …

INTRODUCTION: Multi-drug-resistant bacteria surveillance (MDR) systems are used to
identify the epidemiology of MDR bacteria in neonates and children. This study aimed to …

Introduction Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most common healthcare-
associated infections (HAI) in neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) …

Objective: To evaluate COVID-19 vaccination status in admitted children in 2020–2021 and
during the OMICRON variant circulation (2022), a period when children older than 12 years …

Antibiotic consumption (AC) is a key component of antimicrobial stewardship programs to
recognize local patterns of antibiotic use. Our aim was to measure AC in neonatal units …