Mono- and mixed respiratory tract infections in children: relevance of the problem during the COVID-19 pandemics

Authors / Institutions

Svetlana V. Nikolaeva / Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, Moscow, Russian Federation

Denis V. Usenko / Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, Moscow, Russian Federation

Svetlana V. Shabalina / Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, Moscow, Russian Federation

Yulia N. Khlypovka / Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, Moscow, Russian Federation / Central Clinical Hospital with Polyclinics of Administration of President of the Russian Federation, Moscow

Aleksandr V. Gorelov / I.M.Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russian Federation / Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, Moscow, Russian Federation

Acute respiratory infections are one of the most common infections in children worldwide. The implementation of novel highly accurate diagnostic methods demonstrated that a significant proportion of respiratory tract infections are caused by more than one pathogen (virus plus virus or virus plus bacterium). Most frequently, mixed infections are observed in young children, which, in addition to non-specificity of most clinical manifestations, necessitates pathogen identification in order to prevent inadequate use of antibiotics.
Key words: respiratory infections, children, respiratory pathogen
For citation: Nikolaeva S.V., Usenko D.V., Shabalina S.V., Khlypovka Yu.N., Gorelov A.V. Mono- and mixed respiratory tract infections in children: relevance of the problem during the COVID-19 pandemics. Infekc. bolezni (Infectious diseases). 2021; 19(1): 135–138. (In Russian). DOI: 10.20953/1729-9225-2021-1-135-138