Comparison of Short-Term Versus Long-Term Antibiotic Therapy Among Severe Cases of Pneumonia: A Prospective Observational Study Among Children
Introduction Pneumonia continues to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children younger than five years. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends intravenous antibiotics for five days for severe pneumonia. However, the optimum duration of parenteral antibiotic therapy for pneum...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10037924/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36968915 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35298 |