Prescribing antibiotics to pediatric dengue: increasing risk of bacterial resistance

• Main Authors: Dhanunjaya Sandopa (Author), Sree Keerthi Nethi (Author), Sai Charitha Sreeram (Author), Narasimha Kumar Godlaveti Vijay (Author), Vyshnavi Biradavolu (Author), Jagadeesh Vijay Kakimani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Indonesian Pediatric Society Publishing House, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

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 diagno...