Prescribing antibiotics to pediatric dengue: increasing risk of bacterial resistance

Background Use of antibiotics to treat self-limiting viral infections like dengue fever (DF) without any co-morbid conditions in pediatric patients is common practice in India, and a major contribution of the inappropriate use of antibiotics in the country. Objective To provide an analysis of diagn...

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Main Authors: Dhanunjaya Sandopa, Sree Keerthi Nethi, Sai Charitha Sreeram, Narasimha Kumar Godlaveti Vijay, Vyshnavi Biradavolu, Jagadeesh Vijay Kakimani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indonesian Pediatric Society Publishing House 2018-03-01
Series:Paediatrica Indonesiana
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Online Access:https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/1692