ノルウェーにおける小児における地域感染性肺炎の病因と重症度の上部呼吸道密度の重要性:観察研究

Anastasios Smyrnaios1, Sidsel Krokstad2, Turid Follestad3

  • 1Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway; Children's Clinic, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.

まとめ

Streptococcus pneumoniae の上部呼吸道密度は,小児性肺炎 (CAP) やその重症性を予測するものではありません. 高濃度の呼吸器同胞ウイルス (RSV) とヒト肺肺ウイルス (HMPV) は重度のCAPと関連しています.

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