id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-307429-ll109j3i Phuong, Nguyen T. K. Encouraging rational antibiotic use in childhood pneumonia: a focus on Vietnam and the Western Pacific Region 2017-04-25 .txt text/plain 5249 255 29 The authors conducted a comprehensive literature review to explore the antibiotic resistance profile of bacteria associated with pneumonia in the Western Pacific Region, with a focus on Vietnam. In order to encourage more rational use of intravenous antibiotics in children with communityacquired pneumonia, the authors performed a comprehensive review of common bacterial pathogens and their reported drug resistance profiles in the Western Pacific Region-Vietnam in particular. PubMed, Google Scholar and Embase databases were searched using the following terms: antibacterial agents OR antibiotics OR drug therapy AND community acquired pneumonia OR acute respiratory tract infection AND child OR children OR childhood. With enhanced diagnostic tools, respiratory viruses and atypical bacteria such as Mycoplasma pneumonia are commonly detected in children with community-acquired pneumonia, particularly in studies from the Western Pacific Region [7] [8] [9] . Despite the available evidence, most doctors in Vietnam routinely hospitalize children with "clinical pneumonia" to administer intravenous antibiotics; unnecessary hospitalization increases both healthcare cost and the risk of nosocomial infection. ./cache/cord-307429-ll109j3i.txt ./txt/cord-307429-ll109j3i.txt