Bacteriophages for treating urinary tract infections

Abstract

were 41.4% (94/227) and 7.48% (17/227) respectively. Out of children who received macrolides, 81.49% (185/227) were prescribed for <5 days, 17.6% (40/227) for 5-10 days and 0.9% (2/227), for >10 days.Conclusion: Macrolides were the second common antibiotic prescribed for children in this tertiary-care setting. Nearly all macrolide prescriptions were for RTIs. Microbiological study results were not available to justify therapy in any macrolide prescribed children. Only in about half of children, there was hematological evidence. Macrolides were the first-line therapy in about 75% of patients. Clarithromycin was the most common macrolide prescribed. Dosage errors were very high among children receiving macrolides, where overdosing was noted in nearly half.