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Therefore, commencing antibiotics treatment on admission plays a crucial role in reducing the complications of neonatal sepsis, however the arbitrary use of antibiotics holds many serious complications. In our study we investigated the complications of prolonged use of antibiotics in treating suspected early onset of sepsis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Study design:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This is a retrospective cohort study of infants of gestational age 32 weeks or less and with birth weight of 1500 g or less along with suspected neonatal sepsis admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit from July 2015 to June 2017. The study outcome measures were the association between the antibiotic treatment duration and maternal factors, gender, adverse outcomes, developmental factors, comorbid conditions, early-onset sepsis, and late-onset sepsis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of 295 premature infants, late-onset sepsis was associated with the duration of early empiric antibiotic use (n = 54\/295), where 50 (92.6%) infants with LOS received the antibiotic treatment for more than 5 days (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .001). Approximately 91.2% of those receiving the prolonged treatment had a positive blood culture result. Necrotizing enterocolitis was more prevalent in those with long duration of antibiotic treatment (95.1%). Among patients with the comorbid conditions patent ductus arteriosus (n = 123\/295), intraventricular hemorrhage (n = 73\/295), and periventricular leukomalacia (n = 25\/295), 100 (81.3%), 60 (82.2%), and 21 (84%) of them, respectively, received prolonged treatment.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Prolonged administration of empiric antibiotics to infants with very low birth weight along with sterile cultures is associated with the adverse outcomes late-onset sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis. However, no association with other adverse outcomes, namely, candidiasis or maternal factors, was found.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijpam.2018.08.003","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,9,21]],"date-time":"2018-09-21T09:24:40Z","timestamp":1537521880000},"page":"110-115","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["The consequences of prolonged duration of antibiotics in premature infants with suspected sepsis in a large tertiary referral hospital"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Mountasser M.","family":"Al-Mouqdad","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fahad","family":"Aljobair","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Faisal 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