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ArticleNeuroSci2026

Age-Specific Antibiograms for Bacterial Meningitis Pathogens Based on Isolates Collected in a Community Laboratory.

Alexsa J Zurowski, Eugene Y H Yeung

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Article in NeuroSci, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Alexsa J ZurowskiDepartment of Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Eugene Y H YeungContinuing Pharmacy Professional Development, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5183-1838

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University of British Columbia Florence & George Heighway Endowment Fund
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCreating antibiograms solely for adults may overestimate resistance of antimicrobials for certain pathogens in children. The Canadian Paediatric Society comments that areas with no cephalosporin-resistant

methodsData of common bacterial meningitis pathogen susceptibility was collected from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024, in the LifeLabs community laboratory on Vancouver Island.

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conclusionsCeftriaxone should remain the drug of choice for community-acquired bacterial meningitis and might be sufficient as a monotherapy for pneumococcal meningitis on Vancouver Island. The age-specific differences in

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antibiogramsbacterial meningitisBritish Columbia communityceftriaxoneciprofloxacincumulative antimicrobial susceptibility testingEscherichia coliStreptococcus pneumoniaevancomycin

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PMID42347161
PMCPMC13304517

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