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
