[Different diagnosis of children with viral or bacterial bronchopneumonia infection].
Community-acquired bronchopneumonia is very common in children and responsible for a great morbidity. It can be revealed by bronchiolitis, due to viral infection, bronchitis (80% due to viruses), and pneumonia potentially much more severe due to bacteria (60%), viruses (40%) or both causes (20%). Being unable to exclude a bacterial origin in pneumonia leads physicians to prescribe systematically antibiotics.
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Service de pneumologie et allergologie pédiatriques, hôpital Necker-Enfants-Malades, 149, rue de Sèvres, 75015 Paris, France. v.marchac@cmsea.com
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D002648:Child; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents