First report on prevalence and risk factors of severe atypical pneumonia in Vietnamese children aged 1-15 years

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Huong, Phan Le Thanh ^a   Hien, Pham Thu ^b   Lan, Nguyen Thi Phong ^a   Binh, Tran Quang ^a   Tuan, Dao Minh ^b   Anh, Dang Duc ^a  

^a National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology   (Viet Nam)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF PEDIATRICS   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Children; Prevalence; Pure atypical pathogens; Risk factor; Severe community acquired pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIET NAM; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COINFECTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIETNAM; VIRUSES;

EID: 84924340039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1304     Document Type: Article

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