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In the antibiotic treatment of respiratory infections in children it should be known if the infections are recurrent* or incidental, and if they are of viral or bacterial origin. Recurrent respiratory infections generally occur in children with decreased local or general defence mechanisms because of a predisposing disease, such as an asthmatic predisposition, cystic fibrosis, immune deficiency or congenital anatomical malformation.
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Kerrebijn, K.F. (1981). Treatment of Respiratory Infections in Children. In: Van Furth, R. (eds) Developments in Antibiotic Treatment of Respiratory Infections. New Perspectives in Clinical Microbiology, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8305-2_13
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