Etiology of respiratory tract infections in children in Cali, Colombia.
Pediatrics
; 57(1): 123-30, 1976 Jan.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1246487
One hundred eighty children hospitalized for acute respiratory disease were studied in Cali, Colombia. In the majority of patients, pneumonia was the reason for hospitalization and remained the final diagnosis. Fifty-one cases of pneumonia of indeterminate etiology comprised the largest single diagnostic category, followed by 38 cases of pneumonia associated with measles, and 22 cases assocaited with serologic evidence of infection with other viral agents or Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Etiologic diagnosis could be assigned with a reasonable degree of confidence in 116 of the 180 patients (64%). The laboratory procedure found most likely to provide the etiologic diagnosis in this series was paired sera specimens for demonstration of rise in antibody titer against the common viral respiratory pathogens. Those most frequently implicated serologically as etiologic agents in the cases studied were, in order of decreasing frequency, measles, influenza, parainfluenza, and adenoviruses.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enfermedades Respiratorias
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Colombia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatrics
Año:
1976
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos