[Incidence of community-acquired pneumonia and pneumococcal pneumonia, among children in Chiba City, Japan].
Population-based studies on community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are rare in Japan. Among 984 Chiba City children admitted with CAP to 19 local hospitals in 2005, 854 were younger than 5 years old. The annual CAP incidence among children < 5 years old was 19.7 per 1,000. Five, 4 of whom were under 5 years old, had pneumococcus isolated from blood. The incidence of CAP with pneumococcal bacteremia was 9.21 per 100,000 among those < 5 years old.
Ogita
Junko
J
Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine Chiba University.
Ishiwada
Naruhiko
N
Kurosaki
Tomomichi
T
Arima
Masanaga
M
Fukusawa
Chie
C
Hisiki
Haruka
H
Hoshino
Tadashi
T
Takeda
Nobue
N
Aizawa
Jiro
J
Ooshima
Hiroko
H
Ishikawa
Nobuyasu
N
Kohno
Yoichi
Y
D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000453:epidemiology*