| Literature DB >> 23722529 |
Chloé Lemaître1, François Angoulvant, Flaviu Gabor, Juliette Makhoul, Stéphane Bonacorsi, Jérôme Naudin, Marianne Alison, Albert Faye, Edouard Bingen, Mathie Lorrot.
Abstract
Forty-one children hospitalized for necrotizing pneumonia were retrospectively analyzed. Necrotizing pneumonia represented 0.8% of community-acquired pneumonia and 6% of hospitalized community-acquired pneumonia. The chest radiograph revealed necrosis on admission in onethird of cases. Twenty-one cases (51%) were documented, including 13 Staphylococcus aureus, all Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive, 7 Streptococcus pneumoniae and 1 Fusobacterium nucleatum.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23722529 DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31829be1bb
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J ISSN: 0891-3668 Impact factor: 2.129