scholarly journals Molecular etiological profile of atypical bacterial pathogens, viruses and coinfections among infants and children with community acquired pneumonia admitted to a national hospital in Lima, Peru

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
J. del Valle Mendoza ◽  
W. Silva-Caso ◽  
A. Cornejo-Tapia ◽  
F. Orellana-Peralta ◽  
E. Verne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Pathogens ◽  
Community Acquired Pneumonia ◽  
Infants And Children ◽  
National Hospital

Atypical bacterial pathogens in community-acquired pneumonia in children: a hospital-based study

2009 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyotsna Agarwal ◽  
Shally Awasthi ◽  
Anuradha Rajput ◽  
Manoj Tiwari ◽  
Amita Jain
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Pathogens ◽  
Community Acquired Pneumonia

scholarly journals AMOXYCILLIN FOR COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN

2017 ◽  
pp. 52-55
Author(s):  
A. B. MALAKHOV ◽  
N. G. KOLOSOVA
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Adverse Reactions ◽  
Bacterial Pathogens ◽  
Community Acquired Pneumonia ◽  
Haemophilus Influenza ◽  
Cost Of Treatment ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
Beta Hemolytic Streptococcus ◽  
Group A ◽  
The Cost

The majority of respiratory diseases have viral etiology, and they do not require antibacterial therapy since it does not affect the course of the disease, does not reduce the incidence of bacterial complications. The causes of tonsillitis, epiglottitis, pneumonia are bacterial pathogens, such as Streptococcus pyogenes (group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus), Streptococcus pneumoniae,Haemophilus influenza, S. aureus and Moraxella catarrhalis. Home treatment of children remains a global challenge, as it may be the cause of an unfavorable outcome in young children, and, therefore, the issues of diagnostics and rational antibiotic therapy are still relevant. Irrational use of antibiotics can promote growth of resistance of bacterial pathogens, increase the frequency of adverse reactions of therapy and increase the cost of treatment

scholarly journals Community acquired pneumonia (CAP): Epidemiology, clinical presentation, management and outcomes in infants and children presenting to Al Wakra Pediatric Emergency Department (PED)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibtihal S Abdelgadir ◽  
Haider Almawashi ◽  
Fawzia M Elgharbawy ◽  
Abdo M Alghazali ◽  
Kryzl D Ponce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Pediatric Emergency ◽  
Community Acquired Pneumonia ◽  
Infants And Children ◽  
Pediatric Emergency Department ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Amoxicillin Clavulanic Acid ◽  
In Infants And Children

Background: Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is defined clinically as the presence of signs and symptoms of pneumonia in a previously healthy child due to an infection that has been acquired outside the hospital. There is no previous data available from children in Qatar on CAP.Objectives: To evaluate the incidence, clinical features, management, outcomes and, complications in infants and children presenting to Al Wakra Hospital, Qatar with CAP. Methods: This is a prospective, observational, non-interventional study that assessed all children aged 3 months to 14 years, during a period of 12 months, from November 2017 to November 2018. Results: The incidence of CAP was found to be 2.8 per 1000 of all patients presenting to Al Wakra Pediatric Emergency Department Qatar (328 of 116,761patients). The majority of cases were children 1-5 years (58.2%). Fifty-one percent and 61.3% of children admitted to inpatient wards had dyspnoea and tachypnea respectively. This is to be compared to 88.5% and 96.2% of patients respectively admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with dyspnoea and with tachypnea. C-reactive protein (CRP) more than 50 mg/L was noted in 48.2% of patients admitted to inpatient wards and 26.7% of patients admitted to PICU. Oral amoxicillin was prescribed for 1.5% of patients, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid for 18% of patients, a further 18% had cefuroxime, and 29% had clarithromycin. Intravenous (IV) cefuroxime was the most used IV medication (29.6% of all patients). Nearly 50% of patients were admitted to inpatient wards, with 7.9% transferred to PICU, and only 39.3% discharged home without admission. Conclusion: Community acquired pneumonia represents 0.28% of all studied patients. More than 60% of the patients with CAP were admitted either to inpatient wards or to PICU.

scholarly journals Etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in patients with chronic heart failure

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Bobylev ◽  
S. A. Rachina ◽  
S. N. Avdeev ◽  
R. S. Kozlov ◽  
M. V. Sukhorukova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Chronic Heart Failure ◽  
Legionella Pneumophila ◽  
Bacterial Pathogens ◽  
Respiratory Viruses ◽  
Community Acquired Pneumonia ◽  
Urine Samples ◽  
Parainfluenza Virus ◽  
Type 3 ◽  
Systemic Antibiotics

Chronic heart failure (CHF) is one of the most common comorbidities in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).The aim of this study was to investigate etiology of CAP in patients with concomitant CHF.Methods. This prospective observational study involved adult hospitalized patients with CAP and concomitant CHF. CAP was confirmed by chest X-ray. Sputum samples or oropharyngeal swabs, blood and urine samples were collected in all eligible patients before starting the therapy with systemic antibiotics. Sputum was cultured for «typical» bacterial pathogens, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacterales, etc., in accordance with standard methods and procedures. Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae and respiratory viruses in sputum or oropharyngeal swabs were identified using the real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Urine samples were used to determine serogroup 1 Legionella pneumophila and S. pneumoniae soluble antigens using bedside immunochromatography.Results. Fifty patients were enrolled in the study. The mean age was 72.2 ± 9.5 years, 27 (54%) were females. The etiology of CAP was identified in 23 cases (46%). S. pneumoniae was the most common pathogen (16/23; 69.7%) followed by respiratory viruses (3/23; 13.1%), such as type 3 parainfluenza virus, coronavirus, human metapneumovirus; Haemophilus influenzae (1/23; 4.3%), S. aureus (1/23; 4.3%), and Klebsiella pneumoniae (1/23; 4.3%). S. pneumoniae and parainfluenza virus co-infection was diagnosed in one of 23 patients (4.3%).Conclusion. S. pneumoniae and respiratory viruses were predominant causative pathogens of CAP in hospitalized adults with concomitant CHF. Therefore, bedside tests for urine pneumococcal antigens should be used more widely considering difficult sputum expectoration in elderly. Atypical bacterial pathogens (M. pneumoniae, C. pneumoniae, L. pneumophila) were not identified in this study, so the routine PCR-test and urine tests for L. pneumophila antigens are thought to be not useful. 

Bacterial pathogens associated with community-acquired pneumonia in children aged below five years

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anusmita Das ◽  
Saurav J. Patgiri ◽  
Lahari Saikia ◽  
Pritikar Dowerah ◽  
Reema Nath
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Pathogens ◽  
Community Acquired Pneumonia
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