Antimicrobial Stewardship in Children: Meningitis and Rational Antibiotic Use

In the second deep dive of the series, Susanna Esposito discusses the latest guidelines for diagnosing and treating bacterial meningitis in children. She highlights balancing urgent empirical therapy with stewardship principles, appropriate use of corticosteroids, emerging resistance patterns, and how hospitals can leverage local data to optimise antibiotic prescribing. Timestamps: 00:00 – Introduction 00:53 – Tackling meningitis 02:42 – Corticosteroid use 03:37 – Access, Watch, and Reserve (AWaRe) classification 05:49 – Resistance patterns 06:51 – Point prevalence surveys