Risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia among adults in Kenya: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pneumonia is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among adults worldwide; however, the risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia in Africa are not well characterized.

Methods

The authors recruited 281 cases of community-acquired pneumonia and 1202 hospital controls among patients aged ≥15 years who attended Kilifi District Hospital/Coast Provincial General Hospital in Kenya between 1994 and 6. Cases were admissions with an acute illness with ≥2 respiratory signs and evidence of consolidation on a chest radiograph. Controls were patients without signs of pneumonia, frequency matched by age, sex and hospital. Risk factors related to socio-demographic factors, drug use, clinical history, contact patterns and exposures to indoor air pollution were investigat

SUBMITTER: Muthumbi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5702239 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature