@article{ref1,
title="Morbidity in pediatric burns, toxic shock syndrome, and antibiotic prophylaxis: A retrospective comparative study",
journal="Annals of plastic surgery",
year="2014",
author="Mulgrew, Stephen and Khoo, Anna and Cartwright, Rufus and Reynolds, Nick",
volume="72",
number="1",
pages="34-37",
abstract="The prophylactic use of antibiotic for pediatric burns has been suggested as a possible means of reduction of toxic shock syndrome. In our study, we review 1250 burn cases during a 16-year period (1983-1999). There was a change in protocol during this period (after 1991, all pediatric burn received prophylactic antibiotics irrespective of presentation), thus creating 2 groups: our control who received antibiotics when clinically necessary and our cases who received antibiotics as routine prophylaxis. Our results show no statistical difference between the 2 groups both in signs of morbidity and signs of potential toxic shock syndrome. We conclude that prophylactic antibiotic use is unnecessary and the use of antibiotics should be guided on a case by case basis according to symptoms.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0148-7043",
doi="10.1097/SAP.0b013e31829be8be",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/SAP.0b013e31829be8be"
}