PPP111: Principles of Paediatric Antimicrobial Use with Dr Brendan McMullan

PPP111: Principles of Paediatric Antimicrobial Use with Dr Brendan McMullan

Daniel Guidone

In our second episode for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020, Dan and Kristin spoke to Dr Brendan McMullan. Brendan is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist and Microbiologist, working at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, and a Conjoint Senior Lecturer in the School of Women’s and Children’s Health at UNSW.

We discuss:

  • the reasons why choice of antimicrobial can be different for children

  • special considerations for paediatric antimicrobial use

  • why kids get more infections than adults

  • strategies for explaining a decision not to prescribe an antimicrobial

  • how Kristin ruined her kindergarten Christmas play

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