The characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia associated with Streptococcus
pneumoniae infection were compared with those associated with atypical bacterial infection …

Objective. The frequency of children who are hospitalized with pneumococcal pneumonia
complicated by necrosis, empyema/complicated parapneumonic effusion, and lung abscess …

Background. Childhood community-acquired pneumonia is a common illness, but there
have been relatively few comprehensive studies of the viral and bacterial etiology in …

Background. This paper describes challenges in etiologic diagnosis and treatment of
childhood community-acquired pneumonia and the means of addressing some of them …

The aim of the study was to assess age‐specific incidences of community‐acquired
pneumonia (CAP) caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and diagnosed serologically in a …

We tried to verify whether the currently employed diagnosis and treatment of community-
acquired pneumonia in children were appropriate. For this purpose, we created tentative …

The serologic responses to bacterial and viral antigens were determined in paired serum
samples from 336 children, ages 1 month to 15 years, with roentgenographically verified …

Objectives. To determine the etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in ambulatory
children and to compare responses to treatment with azithromycin, amoxicillin-clavulanate …

Viral and bacterial antigen and antibody assays were prospectively applied to study the
microbial actiology of community-acquired pneumonia in 195 hospitalised children during a …

An understanding of the epidemiology and bacteriology of pneumonia in childhood is
frustrated by the difficulties in making an aetiological diagnosis in young children. Incidence …