Study: Most Cases of Severe Pneumonia in Children Caused by Virus

Causes of severe pneumonia requiring hospital admission in children without HIV infection from Africa and Asia: the PERCH multi-country case-control study – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: What the PERCH study means for future pneumonia strategies – The Lancet (free) AND Study: Viruses cause most global pediatric pneumonia – CIDRAP (free)

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Causes of severe #pneumonia in children: The viruses accounted for 61•4% , whereas bacteria accounted for 27•3% and M. Tb for 5•9%. Viruses were less common (54•5%, vs 68•0%) & bacteria more common (33•7% vs 22•8%) in very severe pneumonia cases. https://t.co/7CT5Yqqs0w pic.twitter.com/5ZK8w7Cbci

— Vipin M. Vashishtha (@vipintukur) June 29, 2019