Acute Haemophilus pneumonia in childhood.
In our hospital Haemophilus influenzae type B seems to be a common cause of acute childhood pneumonia. In the past five years, 34 children with acute Haemophilus pneumonia were identified. Although these children generally had an uncomplicated segmental pneumonia associated with a bacteremia, 13 of the children had pneumonia with a pleural effusion. These children with Haemophilus pneumonia represented 18% of the children hospitalized with systemic Haemophilus disease and almost a third of those hospitalized with acute bacterial pneumonia from whom the causal agent was isolated.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000367:Age Factors; D002641:Chicago; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006190:Haemophilus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000453:epidemiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology