Flohr Sabrina J, Mathew Leny, Hedrick Holly L, Rintoul Natalie E, Metjian Talene A, Swami Sanjeev K, Gerber Jeffrey S, Medoro Alexandra K, Flannery Dustin D
Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic, and Fetal Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
J Perinatol. 2025 Aug 18. doi: 10.1038/s41372-025-02389-9.
To describe infection epidemiology and measure antibiotic utilization among a large cohort of newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).
Retrospective observational study including inborn newborns with CDH at a level IV referral center (free-standing children's hospital with special delivery unit) and two associated level III birth centers who underwent active care and survived to NICU admission, born 1/2013-11/2022 with available disposition.
Of 381 newborns with CDH who were admitted to the NICU, 370 (97.1%) received antibiotics. There were 137 (36.1%) newborns with a positive bacterial culture from any source; 78/381 (20.4%) had a positive culture from blood, urine, or spinal fluid.
Nearly all newborns with CDH at our center received antibiotics during their hospitalization, but the majority did not have a positive bacterial culture result, indicating opportunities exist for antibiotic stewardship among this population.
描述先天性膈疝(CDH)一大群新生儿的感染流行病学情况,并衡量抗生素的使用情况。
回顾性观察研究,纳入在一家四级转诊中心(设有特殊分娩单元的独立儿童医院)以及两个相关三级分娩中心出生且患有CDH、接受积极治疗并存活至入住新生儿重症监护病房(NICU)的活产新生儿,这些新生儿于2013年1月至2022年11月出生且有可用的处置信息。
在入住NICU的381例CDH新生儿中,370例(97.1%)接受了抗生素治疗。有137例(36.1%)新生儿从任何来源获得细菌培养阳性结果;78/381例(20.4%)血液、尿液或脑脊液培养呈阳性。
我们中心几乎所有患有CDH的新生儿在住院期间都接受了抗生素治疗,但大多数患儿细菌培养结果为阴性,这表明在这一人群中存在抗生素管理的机会。