Antibiotic overuse in a contemporary cohort of children hospitalized with influenza, RSV, or SARS-CoV-2: a retrospective cohort study
In children hospitalized with community-onset viral LRTIs, antibiotic treatment is substantially higher than the burden of culture-confirmed bacterial infection, especially for influenza, suggesting antibiotic overuse and antibiotic stewardship opportunities.
Authors
- Natalia Jimenez‐Truque (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3065-9127)
- Ritu Banerjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5910-7430)
- Mrinmoyee Kalasikam
- A.T. Kloek
Institutions
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- Occidental College (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-025-06165-8
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society