Correlation of roentgenologic diagnosis and etiologic agents of pneumonia in thai children under 5 years of age.
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ABSTRACT
An attempt to distinguish between viral and bacterial pneumonia from radiographs is usually difficult unless there is a pathognomonic type of infiltration such as parahilar peribronchial infiltration commonly seen in viral pneumonia which can be usually be differentiated easily from that of bacterial pneumonia. Percentage of agreement of roentgenographic diagnosis for bacterial pneumonia, viral pneumonia and mixed infection is about 53, 73.3 and 63.9 per cent respectively.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Pneumonia
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Pneumonia, Viral
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Humans
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Child, Preschool
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Pneumonia, Bacterial
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Lung
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
Language:
English
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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