Rational Antibacterial Therapy of Respiratory Diseases in children

Abstract

This article presents the results of bacteriological monitoring of 563 children from Zaporizhzhya and Zaporizhzhya region suffering from acute respiratory infections (ARI). 15.3 % cases ARI was caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae pathogen. The analysis of antibiograms showed the maximal antibiotic susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae to the third-generation cephalosporins, vancomycin and ciprofloxacin. A high antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae was observed to clindamycin (50.0 %) and penicillin (96.8 %). The rationale cefpodoxim proxetil use for starting antibacterial therapy of ARI in children was based upon the results.

Keywords

• acute respiratory infections
• children
• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• cefpodoxim proxetil