title: Clinical and laboratory features of radiologic pneumonia in severely malnourished infants attending an urban diarrhea treatment center in Bangladesh.
abstract: We described clinical and laboratory features of infants having radiologic pneumonia with (cases) and without severe malnutrition (controls). Case fatality rate was greater in cases than controls (23% vs. 0%, P = 0.04). The sensitivity and specificity of fast breathing, lower chest wall indrawing, and nasal flaring in diagnosing pneumonia was poor among the cases.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Sciences Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh. chisti@icddrb.org
authors.forename: Mohammod Jobayer
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Chisti
authors.forename: Tahmeed
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Abu Syed Golam
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Faruque
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdus Salam
mesh_terms: D001459:Bangladesh; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007228:Infant Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012119:Respiration; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014505:Urban Population