Journal Club - Is a Five-Day Antibiotic Course Enough to Treat UTIs in the NICU?
The Incubator Channel · 11 Jun 2026 · 20 min
Summary
Ben and Daphna review a single-centre study from Nationwide Children's Hospital on adherence to, and safety of, a five-day antibiotic guideline for culture- and urinalysis-proven UTIs in NICU infants, which reported a 1% failure rate across 93 UTIs. They also discuss the potential role of enteral antibiotics and what shorter courses could mean for babies still weeks from discharge.
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