Acute laryngotracheobronchitis need antibiotics?

Croup: Acute laryngoyracheobronchitis otherwise known as croup is a viral infection of the upper airways that can produce the characteristic barking cough and noisy breathing in children. Rarely, this could be complicated by bacterial superinfection, especially in children hospitalized with a more severe infection. Those patients could require antibiotics, but they are the exception rather than the norm.

Croup: Another name for croup is laryngotracheobronchitis, Viral inflammation of airway. Most commonly involves portion of larynx and trachea just beneath vocal cords. Rarely can involve distal trachea and bronchi.Usually not treated with antibiotics because viral infection. Albuterol and steroids are sometimes used to treat severe croup..Physiician is usually consulted.