Audit of Children Admitted to a Quaternary Hospital in South India with Fever Who Did Not Receive Antibiotics throughout Hospital Stay
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: was randomly selected by lot method for the study.The approval of the Institutional Ethics Committee was obtained. ResultsOut of 77 children were admitted to the unit between July 1st and 31st, 2024 of whom 41 were admitted with fever, and 30 out of the 41 (73.17%) did not receive antibiotics during hospital stay or at discharge as shown in Figure 1.Among 30 children who were treated without antibiotics, 23 were new cases and seven cases, had been treated outside, and had received prior antibiotics.One child who had fever for 3 weeks with no associated symptoms had been treated elsewhere empirically with a diagnosis of mycoplasma, with ceftriaxone for 5 days, levofloxacin and clarithromycin for 4 days.Since the child was well in between febrile periods, he was investigated for pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) after stopping antibiotics.Tests showed high inflammatory markers and positive antinuclear antibody (ANA).A positron emission tomography (PET) scan showed increased fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in spleen and shoulder, bone marrow examination was 1-
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease
Authors: Jeeson C Unni, Irshad M, Ransiya Sunu
Institution: Aster Medcity
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4414513232