Antibiotic Therapy and Factors Predicting Prolonged Hospitalization Among Children Under Three Years Diagnosed With Respiratory Syncytial Virus‐Associated Lower Respiratory Infection
The high prevalence of antibiotic use in this study highlights the challenges in differentiating RSV-LRIs from bacterial pneumonia. Independent predictors of prolonged hospital stay included antibiotic therapy, pneumonia, younger age, lower admission SpO₂, and higher respiratory rate.
Authors
- Ali Alsuheel Asseri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9858-9789)
Institutions
- King Khalid University (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Immunity Inflammation and Disease
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/iid3.70370
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00