Bacterial pathogens associated with community-acquired pneumonia in children aged below five years
| Autor: | Lahari Saikia, Saurav Jyoti Patgiri, Pritikar Dowerah, Anusmita Das, Reema Nath |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine medicine.medical_specialty 030106 microbiology medicine.disease_cause Polymerase Chain Reaction law.invention Microbiology Cohort Studies 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Community-acquired pneumonia law Epidemiology Streptococcus pneumoniae Pneumonia Bacterial medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Respiratory system Polymerase chain reaction Lung Bacteria business.industry Infant Newborn Infant medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases Community-Acquired Infections Pneumonia medicine.anatomical_structure Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Etiology Female business |
| Zdroj: | Indian Pediatrics. 53:225-227 |
| ISSN: | 0974-7559 0019-6061 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13312-016-0825-0 |
| Popis: | To determine the spectrum of bacterial pathogens causing community-acquired pneumonia in children below 5 years of age. Children aged below 5 years satisfying the WHO criteria for pneumonia, severe pneumonia or very severe pneumonia, and with the presence of lung infiltrates on chest X-ray were enrolled. Two respiratory samples, one for culture and the other for PCR analysis, and a blood sample for culture were collected from every child. Of the 180 samples processed, bacterial pathogens were detected in 64.4%. Streptococcus pneumoniae and Hemophilus influenzae were most frequently detected. The performance of PCR analysis and culture were identical for the typical bacterial pathogens; atypical pathogens were detected by PCR analysis only. S. pneumoniae and H. influenza were the most commonly detected organisms from respiratory secretions of children with community acquired pneumonia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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