Community acquired pneumonia among pediatric outpatients in Salvador, Northeast Brazil, with emphasis on the role of pneumococcus

Autor: Nascimento-Carvalho Cristiana M.C., Lopes Antônio A., Gomes Maria Daniela B.S., Magalhães Morgana P., Oliveira Juliana R., Vilas-Boas Ana Luisa, Ferracuti Roberta, Brandileone Maria Cristina C., Guerra Maria Luiza L.S., Alves Noraney N., Athayde Ledilce A., Caldas Renilza M., Barberino Maria Goreth M. A., Duarte Jussara, Brandão Maria Angélica S., Rocha Heonir, Benguigui Yehuda, Di Fabio José Luis
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 13-20 (2001)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1413-8670
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Popis: Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of hospitalization and death among children in developing countries, and mortality due to pneumonia has been associated with S. pneumoniae infection. This investigation was designed to describe the antimicrobial susceptibility and serotype patterns of pneumococcal strains recovered from the blood of children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and to assess the clinical findings of pneumococcal bacteremic patients with pneumonia. In a 26 month prospective study, blood cultures were obtained as often as possible from children (
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