[Epidemiology of community-acquired pneumonia in children. Current data].
Viruses, particularly syncitial respiratory virus, are the main aetiology of community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections in infants, while bacterial agents are more frequently responsible in children older than 3 years. Antimicrobial therapy must take into account the development of reduced susceptibility of penicillin to strains of Streptoccocus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae with beta-lactamase, and high frequency of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae infections. Although the mortality rate has remained low in France, the morbidity appeared to increase in recent years.
Marguet
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C
Unité des maladies respiratoires de l'enfant, hôpital Charles-Nicolle, Rouen, France.
Bocquel
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N
Mallet
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E
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents