Antibiotic associated diarrhea in outpatient pediatric antibiotic therapy

• Published in: BMC pediatrics Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 121
• Main Authors: Tanır Basaranoğlu, Sevgen, Karaaslan, Ayşe, Salı, Enes, Çiftçi, Ergin, Gayretli Aydın, Zeynep Gökçe, Aldemir Kocabaş, Bilge, Kaya, Cemil, Şen Bayturan, Semra, Kara, Soner Sertan, Yılmaz Çiftdoğan, Dilek, Çay, Ümmühan, Gundogdu Aktürk, Hacer, Çelik, Melda, Ozdemir, Halil, Somer, Ayper, Diri, Tijen, Yazar, Ahmet Sami, Sütçü, Murat, Tezer, Hasan, Karadag Oncel, Eda, Kara, Manolya, Çelebi, Solmaz, Özkaya Parlakay, Aslınur, Karakaşlılar, Sabahat, Arısoy, Emin Sami, Tanır, Gönül, Tural Kara, Tuğçe, Devrim, İlker, Erat, Tuğba, Aykaç, Kübra, Kaba, Özge, Güven, Şirin, Yeşil, Edanur, Tekin Yılmaz, Ayşe, Yaşar Durmuş, Sevgi, Çağlar, İlknur, Günay, Fatih, Özen, Metehan, Dinleyici, Ener Çağrı, Kara, Ateş
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 18.03.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Amoxicillin-clavulanate; Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination - adverse effects; Anti-Bacterial Agents - adverse effects; Antibiotic-associated diarrhea; Antibiotics; Causes of; Cephalosporins; Cephalosporins - adverse effects; Child; Complications and side effects; Diagnosis; Diarrhea; Diarrhea - chemically induced; Diarrhea - drug therapy; Diarrhea - epidemiology; Diarrhea in children; Distribution; Dosage and administration; Humans; Infections; Macrolides; Microbiota; Outpatient clinics; Outpatients; Patients; Pediatrics; Penicillin; Phenoxymethyl penicillins; Prospective Studies; Side effects; Surveillance; Turkey; Anatolia; Cephalosporins; Antibiotic-associated diarrhea; Macrolides; Phenoxymethyl penicillins; Outpatient clinics; Amoxicillin-clavulanate
• ISSN: 1471-2431; 1471-2431
• DOI: 10.1186/s12887-023-03939-w

Antibiotic-associated diarrhea is one of the most frequent side effects of antimicrobial therapy. We assessed the epidemiological data of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in pediatric patients in our region. The prospective multi-center study included pediatric patients who were initiated an oral antibiotic course in outpatient clinics and followed in a well-established surveillance system. This follow-up system constituded inclusion of patient by the primary physician, supply of family follow-up charts to the family, passing the demographics and clinical information of patient to the Primary Investigator Centre, and a close telephone follow-up of patients for a period of eight weeks by the Primary Investigator Centre. A result of 758 cases were recruited in the analysis which had a frequency of 10.4% antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Among the cases treated with amoxicillin-clavulanate 10.4%, and cephalosporins 14.4% presented with antibiotic-associated diarrhea. In the analysis of antibiotic-associated diarrhea occurrence according to different geographical regions of Turkey, antibiotic-associated diarrhea episodes differed significantly (p = 0.014), particularly higher in The Eastern Anatolia and Southeastern Anatolia. Though most commonly encountered with cephalosporin use, antibiotic-associated diarrhea is not a frequent side effect. This study on pediatric antibiotic-associated diarrhea displayed epidemiological data and the differences geographically in our region.