title: [Antibiotics in lower respiratory tract infection].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Comparison of clinical outcome of lower respiratory tract infections in small children treated or not treated with antibiotics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty seven children aged from 2 months to 5 years admitted to hospital with mild to moderate bronchitis and/or pneumonia were randomly allocated to one of two groups: group A children were treated with antibiotics and group B patients were not. The children remained under close clinical observation. The clinical outcome was considered good if symptoms of the disease decreased after 72 hours. In case of no clinical improvement or worsening, the children from group B received antibiotics and in children from group A antibiotic therapy was changed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There were no significant differences between the two groups in the course of the disease, the frequency of pulmonary complications and recurrence during one month of follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Pediatrii, Gastroenterologii i Onkologii, Dziecieca Akademia Medyczna, 80-803 Gdańsk, Poland. gluczak@pf.pl
authors.forename: Grazyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Łuczak
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kozielska
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tyl
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borkowska
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galińska
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Plata-Nazar
authors.forename: Aldona
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kotłowska-Kmieć
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bogotko-Szarszewska
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bohdan
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000658:Amoxicillin