Characterization of Antibiotic Treatment among Children Aged 0-59 Months Hospitalized for Acute Bacterial Gastroenteritis in Israel.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We examined the extent and correlates of appropriate antibiotic use among children hospitalized with bacterial acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in Israel, a high-income country setting.

Methods

Data were collected from children aged 0-59 months who participated in active hospital-based surveillance of AGE undertaken during 2007-2015. Bacterial AGE was defined as having a positive stool culture for Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, or dysentery. Appropriate antibiotic use was defined as the administration of ciprofloxacin, azithromycin, or third-generation cephalosporins during hospitalization or at discharge.

Results

Overall, 550 children had bacterial AGE; of those, 369 (67.1% [95% CI 63.1-70.9]) received antibiotics, mostly azithromycin

SUBMITTER: Omar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10812600 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature