Leading reasons for antibiotic prescriptions in pediatric respiratory infections: influence of fever in a primary care setting.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateAll methods were performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Written informed consent to participate was obtained. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved in September 2019 by the Ethics Committee of the IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Foundation, Milan, Italy. Consent for publicationWritten informed consent for publication has been obtained from all the patient’s caregivers. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding Partially supported by a grant for IRCCS of the Italian Ministry of Health. Publication costs were funded by the grant “Ricerca Corrente/Finalizzata”, Italian Ministry of Health."