Table 4.

Children with upper respiratory tract infection who require consideration for antibiotics [56].

•Complicated and/or severe initial presentation •Prevention of rheumatic heart disease (group A β-haemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis) •Acute otitis media •Immunocompromised patients •Neonates (child younger than 28 days) •Structural ENT or immunological abnormalities •Patients with limited access to healthcare •Acute bacterial sinusitis •Clinical deterioration on supportive therapy