PedCAPNETZ – prospective observational study on community acquired pneumonia in children and adolescents

Abstract Background Pediatric community acquired pneumonia (pedCAP) is one of the leading causes for childhood morbidity accounting for up to 20% of pediatric hospital admissions in high income countries. In spite of its high morbidity, updated epidemiological and pathogen data after introduction of...

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Main Authors: Martin Wetzke, Matthias Volkmar Kopp, Jürgen Seidenberg, Christian Vogelberg, Tobias Ankermann, Christine Happle, Gesche Voigt, Holger Köster, Thomas Illig, Christiane Lex, Antje Schuster, Marcus Panning, Grit Barten, Gernot Rohde, Tobias Welte, Gesine Hansen, pedCAPNETZ Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-019-1013-5