Antibiotic Prescribing for Children and Neonates Hospitalized in Children’s Hospital, Affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Clinics

Vytautas Usonis, Vilija Gurkšnienė Abstract The irrational prescribing and usage of antimicrobial agents increase antimicrobial resistance and reduces the effectiveness of the treatment of some infections. Both in Lithuania and Europe standardized and comparable data on pediatric and neonatal antibiotic prescribing is lacking. The aim of this study was to determine antibiotic prescribing prevalence for…