A population-based assessment of the disease burden of consolidated pneumonia in hospitalized children under five years of age | Zendy

María Hortal | Zendy; Miguel Estevan | Zendy; Inés Iraola | Zendy; Bremen De Mucio | Zendy

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A population-based assessment of the disease burden of consolidated pneumonia in hospitalized children under five years of age

Author(s) -

María Hortal,

Miguel Estevan,

Inés Iraola,

Bremen De Mucio

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.05.006

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , disease , pediatrics , burden of disease , population , intensive care medicine , environmental health

Population-based studies on childhood community-acquired pneumonia are scarce in Latin America. Pneumococcal epidemiology is poorly defined, hence the World Health Organization recommended standardized chest radiograph interpretation to improve the approach to bacterial pneumonia. Therefore, our study aimed to estimate the burden of pneumonia in hospitalized children.

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