Current Issues of Antibiotic Use for Acute Infections Treatment in Children

Abstract

In the article we considered the antibacterial therapy in children with acute respiratory disease: rational of administration, the choice of an initial antibiotic and the selection of methods of antibiotic therapy. 369 case records of children with acute respiratory infection, bronchitis and pneumonias were analyzed. It was detected that the prescription of antibacterial therapy was groundless and timeless in 1/3 children with acute respiratory diseases. The Cephalosporins of the II and III generation dominates as a starting treatment of acute respiratory disease in children. We registered the rare use of sequential therapy and prevailing administration of parenteral antibiotics.

Keywords

• respiratory diseases
• antibiotic therapy
• children