Community-acquired pneumonia in children

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Community-acquired pneumonia in children

Chest radiographs confirming pneumonia. Image A: a 6-year-old girl with widespread interstitial changes in both lungs caused by S pneumoniae. Image B: a 1-year-old boy with alveolar changes in the right lower lobe caused by S pneumoniae. Image C: a 2-year-old girl with alveolar changes in the left lower lobe associated with rhinovirus. Image D: a 4-month-old girl with alveolar changes in the right upper lobe associated with parainfluenza 2 and human herpes virus

Virkki R, et al. Thorax 2002; 57: 438-41; used with permission

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Community-acquired pneumonia in children

Chest x-ray of complicated pneumonia, showing opacification of the left lung field consistent with a large pleural effusion and empyema. There is associated right-sided bronchial wall thickening and consolidation

Haq IJ, et al. BMJ 2017 Mar 2; 356: j686. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j686; used with permission

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