Evidenced-based guidelines for management of infants and children with community-
acquired pneumonia (CAP) were prepared by an expert panel comprising clinicians and …

Pneumonia remains a common and potentially serious infection in children. This review
summarizes the problems involved in making the diagnosis and establishing a cause and …

Objectives To quantify the degree by which moderate and severe degrees of malnutrition
increase the mortality risk in pneumonia, to identify potential differences in the aetiology of …

Twenty percent of febrile children have fever without an apparent source of infection after
history and physical examination. Of these, a small proportion may have an occult bacterial …

Objective. To determine the diagnostic properties of quantitative C-reactive protein (CRP)
associated with clinically undetectable serious bacterial infection (SBI) in febrile children 1 to …

Background and objectives The goal of this literature review is to compare current studies
regarding the accuracy of different serum markers in differentiating viral from bacterial …

Pneumonia is a widespread and common infectious lung disease that causes inflammation,
which can lead to reduced oxygenation, shortness of breath, and death. An estimated nearly …

Abstract DEFINITION OF FEVER WITHOUT SOURCE AND SERIOUS BACTERIAL
INFECTIONS Most infants and young children with fever have clinical evidence of an …

OBJECTIVE: To study the association between historical and physical examination findings
and radiographic pneumonia in children who present with suspicion for pneumonia in the …

In countries with widespread immunization with the Hib conjugate vaccine, the frequency of
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection, including pneumonia, has plummeted. 30 …