Why Is Antibiotic Treatment Rarely Performed in COVID-19 –Positive Children Admitted in Pediatric Intensive Care Units?—Reply

In Reply We thank Fanos and colleagues for their comments regarding our article and specifically referring to the lack of antibiotic use in our cohort of pediatric patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). While they correctly state that alterations in gut permeability and subsequent disturbances in the pulmonary microbiome may contribute to severity of lung injury in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, we would like to point out that they may have misinterpreted the specific aims of our investigation.
Source: JAMA Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research