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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Autores principales: Potpalle, Dnyaneshwar, Gada, Sandeep, Devaguru, Amar, Behera, Narendra, Dinesh Eshwar, Mummareddi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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