СLINICAL ASPECTS OF THE PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIAE IN CHILDREN

Аннотация

Clinical characteristics are given for 47 patients with pneumococcal pneumonia at the age from 1 to 7 years. Data analysis showed that pneumococcal pneumonia is more common in children under 3 years of age (42.5%). The use of modern test systems immunochromatographic test (Binax NOW S.pneumoniae test) along with the bacteriological method increases the etiological interpretation of pneumococcal pneumonia in children. The activation of neutrophils and the release of endogenous antimicrobial granules from the granules, aggravate the course of pneumonia, promote longer peptides (alpha-defensins and cathelicidins) in the blood plasma, which locally protect the epithelial cells of the respiratory tract, continuing and often becoming one of the factors of mixed infection.