Antibiotic Resistance | CHOP Research Institute

Dr. Gerber's research focuses on the epidemiology and outcomes of antimicrobial use in children, in both hospital and ambulatory settings.

E-mail:

gerberj [at] chop.edu

Susan Coffin, MD, MPH

Dr. Coffin’s research interests focus on the epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated infections in the pediatric population. She also investigates the epidemiology of pediatric respiratory viral infections, with a particular emphasis on influenza.

E-mail:

coffin [at] chop.edu

Cornerstone Blog

New Strategies Needed to Reduce Children's Exposure to Antibiotics

Published on

Dec 20, 2016

Sometimes half is better than whole. That's the idea behind a new multicenter study that Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is participating in to compare a five-day (short) course of antibiotic therapy with a 10-day (standard) course of therapy to treat community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children. Pneumonia is a lung infection that is the leading infectious cause of death in children