title: Diagnostic features of community-acquired pneumonia in children: what's new?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To critically summarise the available data on diagnosis of CAP in children, focusing on the newest findings and on the need for new studies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty studies on the diagnosis of paediatric community-acquired pneumonia were scrutinised.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found no significant associations between the signs or symptoms and aetiology of pneumonia and concluded that chest radiographs remain controversial and real-time polymerase chain reaction appears more sensitive than blood cultures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Antibiotic overuse could make it difficult to differentiate viral and bacterial causes. Molecular methods provide promising tools for diagnosing infection by atypical bacteria, but are expensive and should be used selectively.
authors: Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy. elena.chiappini@unifi.it.
authors: Elena
authors: E
authors: Chiappini
authors: Elisabetta
authors: E
authors: Venturini
authors: Luisa
authors: L
authors: Galli
authors: Vas
authors: V
authors: Novelli
authors: Maurizio
authors: M
authors: de Martino
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011859:Radiography
keywords: CAP; Children; Community-acquired pneumonia; Diagnosis