[Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children].
Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae are frequently involved in lower respiratory tract infections in children. Their responsibility must be evoked whenever an antibiotic treatment has been prescribed for a suspected bacterial origin, without clinical improvement (persistent fever particularly) after 48 hours. This must lead to the prescription of a macrolide.
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Service des explorations fonctionnelles respiratoires, hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris, France.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents