Community-acquired pneumonia in children.

Purpose Of Review: This review highlights recent developments in the diagnosis, etiology, therapy, and prevention of community-acquired pneumonia in children.

Recent Findings: Sensitive new diagnostic methods have increased the detection rate of the causative agent up to 94%. Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most prevalent bacterial pathogen in all ages.

Viral pneumoniae in children: incidence and aetiology.

Community-acquired pneumonia remains a common and serious illness, which affects children of all age groups. The spectrum of causative organisms is wide and it differs according to the age of the patients. With the advent of new and improved diagnostic techniques our understanding of the aetiology of the disease has been improved considerably.

The impact of Greece's childhood tuberculosis screening programme on the epidemiological indexes in the greater Athens area.

Setting: A hospital referral centre for childhood tuberculosis in Athens.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the screening programme implemented for childhood tuberculosis, through its impact on the epidemiological index.

Design: In Greece, tuberculosis has been systematically screened for in children since 1991 using the tuberculin skin test.

Community-acquired pneumonia: diagnosis and treatment.

Community-acquired pneumonia remains a common and serious illness, which affects children of all age groups. The spectrum of causative organisms is wide and it differs according to the age of patients. Therefore, age is a good predictor of the cause of pneumonia.