First Antibiotic Prophylaxis Prescription Among Children With Sickle Cell Disease

Key Points

• To assess whether timely antibiotic prophylaxis prescriptions are received by children with sickle cell disease by 3 months of age.
• Cohort study design
• Analysis of antibiotic prescriptions for children born between 2008 and 2022
• Comparison of prescription timing among the population
• Identified patterns in antibiotic prophylaxis prescription timing
• Noted suboptimal uptake in prophylaxis within the specified age
• Required timely prescriptions at 3 months of age were not consistently achieved