Pneumonia in Children During the 2019 Outbreak in Xiamen, China.

Background: To understand the regional epidemiology and clinical characteristics of adenovirus pneumonia in hospitalized children during the 2019 outbreak of respiratory adenoviruses in China.

Methods: We analyzed the epidemiologic trend of adenovirus in children hospitalized for acute lower respiratory tract infections in Xiamen in 2019. Adenovirus was identified using direct fluorescent antibody detection.