Safety of fluoroquinolones in pediatric patients: Pharmacovigilance database analysis

BackgroundDue to the rising prevalence of resistant bacteria, there is a growing tendency to prescribe fluoroquinolones (FQs) to pediatric patients. Real world safety parameters of FQs in children may be studied using data of national pharmacovigilance databases. The aim of our study was to estimate the structure of adverse drug reactions (ADR) associated with FQs in pediatric patients.Materials and methodsretrospective study of spontaneous reports registered in Russian National...