Seven paediatric studies on community‐acquired pneumonia with serological methods for
both viruses and bacteria have been published, allowing the evaluation of concomitant …

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 …

Background Co-infections are common in childhood community acquired pneumonia (CAP).
However, their etiological pattern and clinical impact remains inconclusive. Methods Eight …

Background Virus, particularly respiratory tract virus infection is likely to co-occur in children
with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Study focusing on the association between …

Background. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in young children is most commonly
associated with viral infections; however, the role of viruses in CAP of school-age children is …

Pneumonia is a common pediatric infectious disease that is familiar to pediatricians and a
major cause of hospitalization worldwide. Recent well-designed epidemiologic studies in …

Background The comparison of the frequencies of bacterial and viral infections among
children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) admitted in distinct severity categories …

Serological methods are routinely used in the diagnosis of viral and atypical bacterial
respiratory infections. Recently, they have also been applied to typical bacteria, such as …

The occurrence of viral coinfections in childhood pneumonia has received little attention,
probably because suitable detection methods have been lacking. Between November 2004 …

Introduction: Pediatric community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a significant health
problem worldwide. Although knowledge in the etiology of CAP is not satisfactory, in most …