RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BACTERIAL INFECTION AND RADIOLOGICALLY CONFIRMED PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN

Аннотация

The article discusses the main objective signs of CAP in 108 children with X-ray evaluation and identification of a possible etiology. Radiographically confirmed pneumonia, normal radiographs, and other radiological diagnoses were described in 18 (16.7%) and 5 (4.6%) patients, respectively. Viral infection was 68.2% in patients with radiologically confirmed pneumonia and 66.7% in patients with normal radiographs. Bacterial infection, especially pneumococcal infection, is associated with radiologically confirmed pneumonia.