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Hejun Jiang1, Jingsheng Dai2, Guifang Zhou3

  • 1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

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概括

在肺炎发生一周后,近40%的儿童经历了持续的呼吸道疾病,特定的病原体感染,如Mycoplasma pneumoniae和rhinovirus是显著的危险因素. 肺炎后密切监测肺功能至关重要,特别是在鼻病毒病例中.

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