Empyema and bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia in children under five years of age

• Published in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 69 - 72
• Main Authors: Cardoso, Maria Regina Alves, Nascimento-Carvalho, Cristiana Maria Costa, Ferrero, Fernando, Berezin, Eitan Naaman, Ruvinsky, Raul, Sant'Anna, Clemax Couto, Brandileone, Maria Cristina de Cunto, March, Maria de Fátima Bazhuni Pombo, Maggi, Ruben, Feris-Iglesias, Jesus, Benguigui, Yehuda, Camargos, Paulo Augusto Moreira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Brief Communication; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Empiema pleural; Empyema - diagnosis; Empyema - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Infeccoes pneumococicas; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; Male; Patient Readmission; Pneumonia pneumococica; Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - diagnosis; Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - epidemiology; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; Risk Assessment; Empiema pleural; Pneumonia pneumococica; Pneumonia, pneumococcal; Empyema, pleural; Pneumococcal infections; Infeccoes pneumococicas

We compared bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia (BPP) and pneumococcal empyema (PE), in terms of clinical, radiological, and laboratory findings, in under-fives. A cross-sectional nested cohort study, involving under-fives (102 with PE and 128 with BPP), was conducted at 12 centers in Argentina, Brazi...