Distribution, Consequences, and Determinants of Time to Antibiotics in Children With Community-Onset Severe Bacterial Infection: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Population-Based Study

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:To describe the distribution, consequences and potential determinants of time to antibiotics administration in children with community-onset severe bacterial infections (COSBIs).DESIGN: Secondary analysis of the available data from a prospective population-based study from 2009 to 2014. SETTING:An administrative area in western France accounting for 13% of the national pediatric population.