TY  - JOUR
T1  - ADherence to prophylactic antibiotic guidelines among medicaid infants with sickle cell disease
AU  - Warren MD, Arbogast PG, Dudley JA, et al
Y1  - 2010/03/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.286
JO  - Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
SP  - 298
EP  - 299
VL  - 164
IS  - 3
N2  - 
Infants with sickle cell disease have as much as a 100-fold increased rate of pneumococcal infection compared with the general population.1 Penicillin prophylaxis has been shown to reduce the risk of pneumococcal sepsis by 84%.2 Thus, sickle cell management guidelines include twice daily penicillin doses for infants and young children.3 While studies have described low rates of adherence to prophylactic antibiotic guidelines in older children, little is known about the initiation of prophylactic antibiotics in early infancy, a period of great vulnerability.4 We describe adherence to guidelines for initiation of prophylactic antibiotics in a cohort of Medicaid infants with sickle cell disease in Tennessee and examine risk factors for nonadherence.

SN  - 1072-4710
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.286
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.286
ER  -