Multiple viral infections and antimicrobial use in hospitalized children with respiratory illness during pandemic and early post-pandemic era, Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory viral infections significantly burden pediatric populations. These infections are especially concerning in hospitalized children. Co-infection with bacteria may contribute to severe disease in children with respiratory viral infections.

Methods

The trend of children's respiratory infections during and after the pandemic was analyzed. FilmArray RP was used for etiology surveys of hospitalized children with acute respiratory illness in a medical center in northern Taiwan from October 2022 to March 2023. Antimicrobial days of therapy (DOT) were used to measure and compare the antimicrobial consumption between FilmArray RP test-positive and -negative groups. We also reviewed Taiwan CDC's surveillance data in the study period.

Results

Among 418 child

SUBMITTER: Chen CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11848077 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature