Antibiotic Management and Imaging Practices of Sinusitis-Related Epidural Empyema among Pediatric Centers

Jenna Tan; Matthew P Kronman; Adam W Brothers; Daniel J Pak; Derry McDonald; Scott J Weissman; Jeffrey S Gerber; Adam L Hersh; Jason G Newland; Ann L Wirtz; Victoria J L Konold

doi:10.1093/jpids/piae128

Antibiotic Management and Imaging Practices of Sinusitis-Related Epidural Empyema among Pediatric Centers

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2024 Dec 14:piae128. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piae128. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
² University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Seattle, WA, USA.
³ Seattle Children's Hospital Department of Pharmacy, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
⁶ Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbus, OH, USA.
⁷ Department of Pharmacy, Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

PMID: 39673804
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piae128

Abstract

A survey of pediatric infectious diseases clinicians from 49 children's hospitals demonstrated variability across institutions in the treatment of epidural empyema from sinus extension, including antibiotic route, selection, and impact of neuroimaging on determining duration of therapy.

Keywords: antibiotics; duration; epidural empyema; neuroimaging; survey.

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