title: Necrotizing pneumonia in children: report of 41 cases between 2006 and 2011 in a French tertiary care center.
abstract: Forty-one children hospitalized for necrotizing pneumonia were retrospectively analyzed. Necrotizing pneumonia represented 0.8% of community-acquired pneumonia and 6% of hospitalized community-acquired pneumonia. The chest radiograph revealed necrosis on admission in onethird of cases. Twenty-one cases (51%) were documented, including 13 Staphylococcus aureus, all Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive, 7 Streptococcus pneumoniae and 1 Fusobacterium nucleatum.
authors.affiliation: From the *General Pediatric Unit, APHP, Hôpital Robert-Debré; †Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité; ‡Pediatric Emergency Unit, APHP, Hôpital Robert-Debré; §Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Unité d'Épidémiologie Clinique INSERM CIE5; ¶Radiologic Unit; ‖Microbiologic Unit; **Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, APHP, Hôpital Robert-Debré; and ††Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Chloé
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lemaître
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Angoulvant
authors.forename: Flaviu
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gabor
authors.forename: Juliette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Makhoul
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bonacorsi
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Naudin
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alison
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Faye
authors.forename: Edouard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bingen
authors.forename: Mathie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lorrot
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis / Q000382:microbiology; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers