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Clinicians need to decrease antibiotic use in previously healthy infants hospitalised with bronchiolitis. : Acta Paediatr

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Bailhache, Marion | Bloudeau, E. | Richer, O. | Pillet, P. | Lagarde, M.

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International audience. Bronchiolitis is a common viral acute respiratory infection that leads to frequent hospitalisation. Although serious bacterial infections are uncommon in such children (1), they could be co-infected with bacteria and the distinction between colonisation, co-infection or superinfection is not always possible. Antibiotics use varies in these situations (2) and their unnecessary use is a major cause of antibiotic resistance (3). We explored the factors that influenced prescribing antibiotic for previously healthy children hospitalised with bronchiolitis. What prescribing criteria do clinicians use and is there scope for decreasing antibiotic use? This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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