BACKGROUND There are few data on paediatric community acquired pneumonia (PCAP)
in the UK. AIMS To investigate the aetiology and most useful diagnostic tests for PCAP in the …

Background. To investigate the etiology of pediatric community-acquired pneumonia, we
conducted a prospective, population-based study covering the total population< 15 years of …

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 …

Objective-The aim of this investigation was to identify the clinical symptoms and signs of
pneumonia in hospitalised patients with confirmed aetiologic diagnosis and to study whether …

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

Objectives. The precise epidemiology of childhood pneumonia remains poorly defined.
Accurate and prompt etiologic diagnosis is limited by inadequate clinical, radiologic, and …

The cause of primary pneumonia was diagnosed in 157 of 198 children and 165 of 207
adults seen as inpatients or outpatients in a 12-month period. In children Mycoplasma …

Background Incidence estimates of hospitalizations for community-acquired pneumonia
among children in the United States that are based on prospective data collection are …

Hospital records of 116 children under 5 years of age discharged from 11 hospitals in three
regions in England with a diagnosis of lobar (pneumococcal) pneumonia were reviewed to …

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 …