Clinical Factors Associated with Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in Children with Acute Bronchiolitis
Despite the very low prevalence of serious bacterial infections and lack of clinical benefit, most children hospitalized with acute bronchiolitis received antibiotic therapy. Inappropriate antibiotic use was primarily driven by fever and elevated C-reactive protein levels, which lacked sufficient diagnostic justification.
Authors
- Seung Beom Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1299-2137)
- Hwan Soo Kim
- Jung Woo Rhim
- Jin Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6039-2224)
- Minsung Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1984-5084)
- Soo Young Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5354-3135)
Institutions
- Catholic University of Korea (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Children
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children12101303
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00