| Title | The role of respiratory viral infections among children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia in a developing country. | ||
| Author | Nascimento-Carvalho, Cristiana M; Ribeiro, Catarina T; Cardoso, Maria Regina A; Barral, Aldina; Araujo-Neto, Cesar A; Oliveira, Juliana R; Sobral, Luciana S; Viriato, Daniel; Souza, Andre L; Saukkoriipi, Annika; Paldanius, Mika; Vainionpaa, Raija; Leinonen, Maija; Ruuskanen, Olli | ||
| Journal | Pediatr Infect Dis J | Publication Year/Month | 2008-Oct |
| PMID | 18756190 | PMCID | -N/A- |
| Affiliation | 1.Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Brazil. nascimentocarvalho@hotmail.com. | ||
We report an investigation for 16 bacteria and viruses among 184 children hospitalized with pneumonia in Salvador, Brazil. Etiology was established in 144 (78%) cases. Viral, bacterial, and mixed infections were found in 110 (60%), 77 (42%), and 52 (28%) patients, respectively. Rhinovirus (21%) and Streptococcus pneumoniae (21%) were the most common pathogens. Our results demonstrate the importance of viral and pneumococcal infections among those patients.