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== Background ==
== Background ==
*Most common site of infection in neonates
*Most common site of infection in neonates
*Fever and tachypnea are Sensitive but not Specific
*Fever and tachypnea are sensitive but not specific
 
=== Causes ===
 
==== Neonatal ====
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Bacterial
 
[[Group B Streptococcus]] (most common), [[Escherichia coli]], [[Listeria monocytogenes]], [[Haemophilus influenzae]], [[S. pneumoniae]] [[Klebsiella]] species, [[Enterobacter]] aerogenes
 
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''Bordetella pertussis''
 
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''Mycobacterium tuberculosis''
 
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==== Infants and Children ====
*More likely to have viral cause
**Consider secondary bacterial pneumonia if URI progresses to lower tract symptoms
***Pneumococus, H. flu, staph, pertussis
**If age >5 consider mycoplasma (treat w/ macrolide)


===Bugs by Age Group===
===Bugs by Age Group===
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== Diagnosis ==
== Diagnosis ==
*Absence of tachypnea, resp distress, and rales/decr BS rules-out with 100% sp
*Absence of tachypnea, resp distress, and rales/decr BS rules-out with 100% sp
**Productive cough is rarely seen before late childhood
**Productive cough is rarely seen before late childhood

Revision as of 12:39, 14 October 2014

Background

  • Most common site of infection in neonates
  • Fever and tachypnea are sensitive but not specific

Bugs by Age Group

Diagnosis

  • Absence of tachypnea, resp distress, and rales/decr BS rules-out with 100% sp
    • Productive cough is rarely seen before late childhood
  • Imaging
    • CXR is not the gold standard!
    • Cannot differentiate between viral and bact (but lobar infiltrate more often bacterial)
    • Consider for:
      • Age 0-3mo (part of w/u for sepsis)
      • <5yr w/ temp >102.2, WBC >20K and no clear source of infection
      • Ambiguous clinical findings
      • PNA that is prolonged or not responsive to abx
  • Consider rapid assays for RSV, influenza
  • Blood/nasal culture are low yield

Treatment[1]

Newborn

1-3 Month

3mo - 5 year

5yr - 18yr

Disposition

  • All Children less than 2 months should be hospitalized[1]
  • Consider admission for:
    • Age of birth to 3mo
    • History of severe or relevant congenital disorders
    • Immune suppression (HIV, SCD, malignancy)
    • Toxic appearance/resp distress
    • SpO2 <90-93%

Source

  1. 1.0 1.1 AAP. Management of Communty-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children Older than 3 Months of Age. Pediatrics. Vol 128 No 6 December 1, 2011.