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2270413

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-2-19
pubmed:abstractText
A hospital-based inpatient and outpatient study of 1,492 cases of acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI) was conducted from November 1986 to March 1988 in two hospitals in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. Specimens of nasopharyngeal aspirate were processed for viral studies in all cases; blood cultures were performed in 1,331 cases; and urine was obtained for detection of bacterial antigen in 378 cases, but 227 of these samples had bacterial contamination and were discarded. Respiratory syncytial virus was identified in 33% of cases, and Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae were identified in 9.6% and 9.9% of cases, respectively. Nonencapsulated H. influenzae accounted for 32% of the Haemophilus isolates, and type b was the only encapsulated H. influenzae strain identified. Of the S. pneumoniae serotypes isolated, 31% are not included in the currently available polyvalent pneumococcal vaccine. No clinical characteristic was demonstrated to be a reliable indicator for bacterial ALRI.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0162-0886
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12 Suppl 8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S907-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnoses of acute lower respiratory tract infections in children in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
pubmed:affiliation
Public Health Division, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.