Round pneumonia due to Chlamydia pneumoniae in a child

Round pneumonia is a disease commonly recognized in the pediatric age group, especially under the age of 8 years. Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common agent causing this characteristic type of pneumonia. We herein report a case of a 6-year-old boy with only mild cough and low-grade fever who...

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Autores principales: Koinuma, Goro, Shinjoh, Masayoshi, Kageyama, Tomoka, Nakazawa, Maki, Kamimaki, Isamu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Pediatric
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6348194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30701012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2019.01.010
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Sumario:Round pneumonia is a disease commonly recognized in the pediatric age group, especially under the age of 8 years. Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common agent causing this characteristic type of pneumonia. We herein report a case of a 6-year-old boy with only mild cough and low-grade fever who was then diagnosed with round pneumonia due to Chlamydia pneumoniae. He had multiple round opacities in the right lower lung field, and the symptoms subsided soon after oral administration of antibiotics.

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