[Evaluation of the antibiotic prescription in a paediatric intensive care unit].

Unlabelled: The antibiotic prescription in intensive care units is frequent using often broad-spectrum antibiotics; its quality has never been evaluated in paediatric intensive care units.

Objectives: To describe the modalities of antibiotic prescriptions in a paediatric intensive care unit and confront them to the literature guidelines and bacteriological data.

Methods: From January 1st to March 31st 2005, 52 consecutive prescriptions regarding 45 children, with a total of 47 hospitalisations were prospectively analysed.