A Successful Medical Treatment of Necrotizing Pneumonia in a Pediatric Patient

Necrotizing pneumonia is a rare, serious complication of pneumonia in children. We present a case of a 20-month-old girl presenting with respiratory distress which later be diagnosed with necrotizing pneumonia. In this paper, we highlight the role of imaging such as chest X-ray, chest CT, and lung u...

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Autores principales: Uinarni, Herlina, Nike, Felicia, Bahagia, Andi Dwi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7765722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33381341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8875119
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description Necrotizing pneumonia is a rare, serious complication of pneumonia in children. We present a case of a 20-month-old girl presenting with respiratory distress which later be diagnosed with necrotizing pneumonia. In this paper, we highlight the role of imaging such as chest X-ray, chest CT, and lung ultrasonography for diagnosis and the importance of intravenous antibiotic therapy for better outcome.
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spelling pubmed-77657222020-12-29 A Successful Medical Treatment of Necrotizing Pneumonia in a Pediatric Patient Uinarni, Herlina Nike, Felicia Bahagia, Andi Dwi Case Rep Pediatr Case Report Necrotizing pneumonia is a rare, serious complication of pneumonia in children. We present a case of a 20-month-old girl presenting with respiratory distress which later be diagnosed with necrotizing pneumonia. In this paper, we highlight the role of imaging such as chest X-ray, chest CT, and lung ultrasonography for diagnosis and the importance of intravenous antibiotic therapy for better outcome. Hindawi 2020-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7765722/ /pubmed/33381341 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8875119 Text en Copyright © 2020 Herlina Uinarni et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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