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Antibiotic Use Among Children Under Two Years With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana.

2026-03-05 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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BackgroundRespiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of lower respiratory tract infections in children, often leading to hospitalisation in infants. In low-resource settings where routine RSV diagnostics are unavailable, clinical overlap with bacterial pneumonia frequently results in unnecessary antibiotic use, contributing to antimicrobial resistance. ObjectiveTo evaluate the frequency and clinical determinants of antibiotic use among RSV-positive children under two years at a tertiary...

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