Use of antibiotics in children hospitalized with community-acquired, laboratory-confirmed influenza.
Many children with influenza are treated with antibiotics. In this report, we describe the rate and indications for antibacterial use in children hospitalized with influenza. A total of 333 of 729 (46%) patients received >2 days of treatment with antibacterial medications, of whom 36% did not have an apparent indication for therapy.
Wilkes
Jennifer J
JJ
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Leckerman
Kateri H
KH
Coffin
Susan E
SE
Keren
Ron
R
Metjian
Talene A
TA
Hodinka
Richard L
RL
Zaoutis
Theoklis E
TE
D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents