COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES IN PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN
V Vatwani1, Anand Kumar2, S Sood3
1Senior Adviser (Paed), Comd Hosp (North Comd) C/O 56 APO, Pune.
Abstract:
Various investigative methods used in diagnosis, in 200 children with pneumonia, were analyzed to establish the diagnostic superiority. Lung juice aspirate culture yielded 52.4% positivity and laryngeal swab culture 52%. Gastric aspirate culture was positive in 36% cases and blood culture positivity was in 10% cases only. Thus laryngeal swab culture is as effective as lung-juice aspiration culture in the isolation of the organisms causing lower respiratory tract infections. Gastric aspirate smear examination for polymorphonuclear leucocyte count is helpful in screening bacterial pneumonias.
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