Prevalence and predictors of antibiotic prescription among patients hospitalized with viral lower respiratory tract infections in Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
Perla G MedranoNayani WeerasingheAjith NagahawatteSky VanderburgLawrence P ParkGaya B WijayaratneVasantha DevasiriBuddhika DilshanTianchen ShengRuvini KurukulasooriyaJack AndersonBradly P NicholsonChristopher W WoodsChampica K BodinayakeL Gayani TillekeratnePublished in: PloS one (2024)
High proportions of viral detection and antibiotic prescription were observed among a large inpatient cohort with LRTI. Increased access to point-of-care biomarker testing may improve antimicrobial prescription.