First report on prevalence and risk factors of severe atypical pneumonia in Vietnamese children aged 1-15 years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Atypical pathogens such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, and Legionella pneumophila are increasingly recognized as important causes of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) worldwide. Such etiological data for Vietnam is scarce and clinical doctors lack accurate information on which to base their diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia. This study identifies the prevalence and risk factors of severe community acquired pneumonia due to these atypical pathogens (severe-ApCAP) in children aged 1-15 years with CAP in a pediatric hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Methods

722 hospitalized children with CAP were recruited for detecting those atypical pathogens, using multiplex PCR and ELISA. Clinical and epidemiological data were collected. Multivariate logistic-r

SUBMITTER: Huong Ple T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4300840 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature