Multihospital Surveillance of Pneumonia Burden among Children Aged <5 Years Hospitalized for Pneumonia in Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Aliya Naheed,
Samir K. Saha,
Robert F. Breiman,
Fatema Khatun,
W. Abdullah Brooks,
Shams El Arifeen,
David A. Sack,
Stephen P. Luby
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/596485
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , case fatality rate , streptococcus pneumoniae , odds ratio , blood culture , confidence interval , pediatrics , bacteremia , epidemiology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Pneumonia contributes substantially to childhood mortality in Bangladesh. We conducted a study to characterize the disease severity and risk factors for mortality among children hospitalized for pneumonia in Bangladesh.
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