Etiologic agents and outcome determinants of community-acquired pneumonia in urban children: a hospital-based study.

Etiologic clues and prognostic indicators of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) were sought in a 30-month study of under-5 admissions for acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs). Investigative tools included blood culture, hemogram, immunofluorescence and serology. Associations of variables were tested using standard statistical tools.

Acute laryngotracheobronchitis in Nigerian children.

In a prospective study of cases of severe acute respiratory infections seen at the University College Hospital, Ibadan over a 30-month period, 39 cases were found to have acute upper airway obstruction; out of this number, acute laryngotracheobronchitis (croup) accounted for 35 (90%). The ages of the 35 ranged from 2 to 53 months with 86% being less than 3 years old, while there was a male preponderance (M:F ratio, 1.7:1).

Acute bronchiolitis in tropical Africa: a hospital-based perspective in Ibadan, Nigeria.

In a 30-month prospective study of severe acute lower respiratory infections in hospitalized pre-school Nigerian children, acute bronchiolitis was diagnosed in 67 cases; 19 (28.4%) and 2 (3.0%) of these had concomitant pneumonia or croup, respectively.

Microbial inciters of acute asthma in urban Nigerian children.

Background: In tropical Africa the role of microbial agents of acute respiratory infections in acute exacerbations of bronchial asthma remains largely unexplored. However, empirical antibacterial therapy is frequently initiated in moderate to severe cases of acute asthma with symptoms of acute respiratory infection. A study was set up to determine how often acute respiratory infection is associated with acute asthma, to identify the associated pathogens, and to proffer appropriate therapeutic suggestions.

Respiratory syncytial virus--associated lower respiratory diseases in hospitalised pre-school children in Ibadan.

An analysis of the features of lower respiratory diseases (LRD) associated with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in 21 children aged 1-23 months, indicated that the clinical features did not differ appreciably from those described for LRD due to other infective agents. It was however, remarkable that none of the children was grossly malnourished, neither was there any death. The final respiratory diagnoses were bronchiolitis alone (6 cases), bronchopneumonia (6 cases), empyema/pleural effusion (3 cases, including one with bronchopneumonia), lobar pneumonia (3 cases, including one with associated bronchopneumonia).