Abstract: This review was aimed to summarizes etiological factors, diagnosis of Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) also to emphasize the evidence on different antibiotic treatment of community acquired pneumonia in children. For this Review we searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL. To search CENTRAL and MEDLINE we combined the following search strategy with the mesh terms for identifying child studies about Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) “Pneumonia” “bronchopneumon” “Anti-Bacterial Agents” “Antibiotics” AND “Treatment of pneumonia in children”. Only English language articles were searched with human subject content. Furthermore, references list of each articles were reviewed for more related articles to our concerned topic. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children is a leading source of childhood morbidity and also death primarily in the creating world. Its etiology can be viral, bacterial, or blended infection. The etiological agents are different in different age groups and throughout the numerous seasons of the year. Upper body X-rays and also inflammatory laboratory examinations have reduced analysis sensitivity and also specificity. The selection and also dosage of prescription antibiotics need to be based on the age of the patient, extent of the pneumonia and also expertise of local antimicrobial resistance patterns. For the therapy of WHO-defined non-severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children below 5 years of age amoxycillin is an option too. There are no noticeable distinctions in between azithromycin and also erythromycin, azithromycin as well as coamoxyclavulanic acid, or cefpodoxime as well as co-amoxyclavulanic acid. There are restricted data on other prescription antibiotics: co-amoxyclavulanic acid and cefpodoxime could be alternate second-line drugs. Both therapy plans-oxacillin/ceftriaxone and also amoxicillin/clavulanic acid-are effective in dealing with very severe CAP in 2-month- to 5-year-old hospitalized children.
Keywords: community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), pediatric, WHO.
Title: Community Acquired Pneumonia in Pediatric and Review of Different Antibiotics Treatment Options
Author: Mohammed Abbas Tai, Ahmad Omar Bajubair, Turki Tawfik Alshaikh, Ibrahim Abbas Tai, Reiad Abdulelah Almohamadi
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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