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Multihospital Surveillance of Pneumonia Burden among Children Aged <5 Years Hospitalized for Pneumonia in Bangladesh

2009; Oxford University Press; Volume: 48; Issue: s2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/596485

1537-6591

Aliya Naheed, Samir K. Saha, Robert F. Breiman, Fatema Khatun, W. Abdullah Brooks, Shams El Arifeen, David A. Sack, Stephen P. Luby,

Emergency and Acute Care Studies

Background. Pneumonia contributes substantially to childhood mortality in Bangladesh. We conducted a study to characterize the disease severity and risk factors for mortality among children hospitalized for pneumonia in Bangladesh.