title: [Diagnosis of acute bronchopulmonary infections in children].
abstract: Positive diagnosis of acute bronchopneumopathy in the child is relatively easy, but defining its aetiology is another matter. Criteria to distinguish between pneumopathy of viral or of bacterial origin should be known but are often on the wrong track. Some clinical and radiological pictures, associated with epidemiological data, can also orient toward an infectious agent and should be taken into account. When clinical severity or the background requires precise diagnosis in order to better adapt the treatment, a choice will need to be made among the numerous techniques now available to detect the responsible infectious agent.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie et pneumologie de l'enfant, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Paris.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Delaisi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tournier
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000367:Age Factors; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: Diagnostic des infections bronchopulmonaires aiguës de l'enfant.