Microbial etiology of community-acquired pneumonia among infants and children admitted to the pediatric hospital, Ain Shams University
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Microbial Etiology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Among Infants and Children Admitted to the Pediatric Hospital, Ain Shams University
BACKGROUND While recognizing the etiology of community-acquired pneumonia is necessary for formulating local antimicrobial guidelines, limited data is published about this etiology in Egyptian pediatric patients. OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency of bacterial and viral pathogens causing community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) among immunocompetent Egyptian infants and preschool children. MET...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2062-509X,2062-8633
DOI: 10.1556/1886.2016.00022