Respiratory viral infections among children with community-acquired pneumonia and pleural effusion

@article{NascimentoCarvalho2013RespiratoryVI,
  title={Respiratory viral infections among children with community-acquired pneumonia and pleural effusion},
  author={Cristiana M. Nascimento-Carvalho and Juliana R. Oliveira and Maria Regina Alves Cardoso and Cesar Araujo-Neto and Aldina Barral and Annika Saukkoriipi and Mika Paldanius and Maija Leinonen and Maija Lappalainen and Maria S{\"o}derlund-Venermo and Raija Vainionp{\"a}{\"a} and Olli Ruuskanen},
  journal={Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases},
  year={2013},
  volume={45},
  pages={478 - 483}
}
Abstract Pleural effusion (PE), a complication of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), is usually attributed to a bacterial infection. Nonetheless, viral infections have not been investigated routinely. We searched for bacterial and viral infections among 277 children hospitalized with CAP. Among these children 206 (74%) had radiographic confirmation, of whom 25 (12%) had PE. The aetiology was established in 18 (72%) PE cases: bacterial (n = 5; 28%), viral (n = 9; 50%), and viral–bacterial (n… 
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