Challenges of Empirical Antibiotic Therapy for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children

Challenges of Empirical Antibiotic Therapy for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children

Background: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, responsible for more than 14% of deaths in children younger than 5 years of age. Due to difficulties with pathogen identification and diagnostics of CAP in children, targeted antimicrobial therapy...

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Main Author: Charlene M.C. Rodrigues, MBChB, MRCPCH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Current Therapeutic Research
Subjects:
antibiotics
chest infection
community-acquired pneumonia
empirical
lower respiratory tract infection
management
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0011393X16300947

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