Indications | Number of episodes |
Allergy/Immunology Clinic LSUHSC, New Orleans |
2 to 5 years of age | >5 years of age |
Respiratory and invasive infections |
URI treated with antibiotics in last 12 months | ≥4 | ≥2 |
Otitis treated with antibiotics (per year) | ≥3* | ≥2 |
Rhinosinusitis episodes (per year) | ≥2 | ≥2 |
Chronic, treatment-resistant rhinosinusitis (>1 month) | ≥1 | ≥1 |
Pneumonias (per year) | ≥2 | ≥2 |
Severe invasive infections (sepsis, meningitis, osteomyelitis) | ≥1 | ≥1 |
Gastrointestinal infections |
Chronic diarrhea due to rotavirus, other | ≥1 | ≥1 |
Chronic/recurrent Giardia lamblia infection | ≥1 | ≥1 |
Antibiotic use |
Need for preventive antibiotic use | ≥1 | ≥1 |