Open AccessPredictors of Unlikely Bacterial Pneumonia and Adverse Pneumonia Outcome in Children Admitted to a Hospital in Central Vietnam
Author(s) -
Phuong Nguyen,
Hoang Thi Tran,
Thach Tran,
Dominic A. Fitzgerald,
Stephen M. Graham,
Ben J. Marais
Publication year - 2019
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 - 10.1093/cid/ciz445
Subject(s) - pneumonia , medicine , chest radiograph , bacterial pneumonia , intensive care medicine , adverse effect , etiology , lung
Pneumonia is the leading cause of antibiotic use and hospitalization in Vietnam. There is a need for better prediction of unlikely bacterial pneumonia and adverse pneumonia outcome in order to guide hospital admission and improve rational antibiotic use.
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