• Antibiotic use in children before, during and after hospitalisation 

      Thaulow, Christian Magnus; Blix, Hege Salvesen; Nilsen, Roy Miodini; Eriksen, Beate Horsberg; Wathne, Jannicke Slettli; Berild, Dag; Harthug, Stig (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Purpose: To investigate ambulatory antibiotic use in children during 1 year before and 1 year after in-hospital antibiotic exposure compared to children from the general population that had not received antibiotics ...
    • Are infants exposed to antimicrobials during the first 3 months of life at increased risk of recurrent use? An explorative data-linkage study 

      Thaulow, Christian Magnus; Harthug, Stig; Nilsen, Roy Miodini; Eriksen, Beate Horsberg; Wathne, Jannicke Slettli; Berild, Dag; Blix, Hege Salvesen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Objectives: To investigate whether infants exposed to antimicrobials in hospital during the first 3 months of life had an increased risk of ambulatory antimicrobial use during the following year compared with infants not ...
    • Can We Optimize Antibiotic Use in Norwegian Neonates? A Prospective Comparison Between a University Hospital and a District Hospital 

      Thaulow, Christian Magnus; Berild, Dag; Blix, Hege Salvesen; Brigtsen, Anne Karin; Myklebust, Tor Åge; Eriksen, Beate Horsberg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Worldwide, a large proportion of neonates are prescribed antibiotics without having infections leading to increased antimicrobial resistance, disturbance of the evolving microbiota, and increasing the risk of ...
    • Variation in antibiotic consumption in very preterm infants-a 10 year population-based study 

      Huncikova, Zuzana; Stensvold, Hans Jørgen; Øymar, Knut Asbjørn Alexander; Vatne, Anlaug; Lang, Astri Maria; Støen, Ragnhild; Brigtsen, Anne Karin; Moster, Dag; Eriksen, Beate Horsberg; Selberg, Terje Reidar; Rønnestad, Arild Erland; Klingenberg, Claus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Objectives Wide variations in antibiotic use in very preterm infants have been reported across centres despite similar rates of infection. We describe 10 year trends in use of antibiotics and regional variations among ...