Bacterial Aetiology of Childhood Pneumonia
Abstract
Summary: Lung puncture aspirates were obtained from 108 children aged 1 month-14 years, admitted with a diagnosis of pneumonia, to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital between June 1985 and March 1986. Seventy two of 108 aspirates were culture-positive; an isolation rate of 66.7%. Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Klebsiella species were the three commonest organisms isolated, accounting for 30.6%, 25% and 19.4% respectively. Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella were isolated only in children aged 2 years and below. A complication rate of 0.9% with no mortality was recorded following lung puncture aspiration. The study re-affirms the safety of lung puncture aspiration and its usefulness in the aetiological diagnosis of childhood pneumonia.
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