Antibiotic Prescription Patterns in Children for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and Diarrhea.

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dc.contributor.authorManiar, Miti
dc.contributor.authorShah, Ira
dc.contributor.authorRao, Sudha
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-10T05:40:17Z
dc.date.available2016-02-10T05:40:17Z
dc.date.issued2013-04
dc.description.abstractA cross sectional study to determine the antibiotic usage trend in children with URTI and Diarrhea in 140 children under 15 years of age visiting the Pediatric OPD. Forty four (31%) patients received antibiotics of which 5 (11.3%) patients received combination antibiotics. Eighteen (24%) patients with nasopharyngitis, 2(16%) patients with pharyngitis, 7(100%) patients with tonsillitis, 7(22.5%) patients with acute diarrhea, 5(62.5%) patients with dysentery and 5(83%) patients with chronic diarrhea received antibiotics. (p=0.014). Amoxicillin (33%) and macrolides (44%) are preferred for nasopharyngitis and only macrolides are used for pharyngitis (100%), while cefixime is used predominantly for acute diarrhea (29%) and dysentery (40%). Metronidazole (60%) is the preferred antibiotic for chronic diarrhea. All five (11%) combination antibiotics prescriptions were for diarrhea and no combinations were given for URTI [p value = 0.003]. From 110 children having symptoms < 1week, only 30 (27%) were given antibiotics while out of 29 children having symptoms for > 1week, 14 (48%) were given antibiotics (p value=0.031). Antibiotic prescriptions were judicious and seen in 31% of children with URTI and diarrhea. However use of antibiotics in nasopharyngitis should be minimized. Also use of combination antibiotics especially in children with diarrhea should be discouraged.en_US
dc.identifier.citationManiar Miti, Shah Ira, Rao Sudha. Antibiotic Prescription Patterns in Children for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and Diarrhea. JK Science Journal of Medical Education and Research. 2013 Apr-June; 15(2): 77-81.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/172264
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.jkscience.org/archives/volume145/Article5.pdfen_US
dc.subjectAntibioticen_US
dc.subjectUpper Respiratory Tracten_US
dc.subjectInfectionsen_US
dc.subjectDiarrheaen_US
dc.titleAntibiotic Prescription Patterns in Children for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and Diarrhea.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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