Antibiotic over-administration in hospitalized infants with Adenovirus infection
Approximately half of hospitalized pediatric patients <2 years old who were found positive for Adenovirus infection were treated with antibiotics during hospitalization. Most of these treatments were found retrospectively to be unjustified. Rapid and routine Adenovirus PCR testing can potentially reduce the rate of antibiotic treatment amongst hospitalized children.
Authors
- Lina Abou Saleh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3762-9497)
- Gil Amarilyo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3888-429X)
- Oded Scheuerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5567-4083)
- Shelly Kagan
- Vered Shkalim Zemer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1733-5395)
- Yoel Levinsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5841-6664)
- Tarek Zuabi
- Lotem Goldberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1257-0062)
- Tal Eidlitz‐Markus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3969-8664)
- Ruba Azzam
Institutions
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- Rabin Medical Center (IL)
- Schneider Children's Medical Center (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Minerva Pediatrics
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.23736/s2724-5276.24.07574-8
- Primary Topic
- Virus-based gene therapy research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00