Association of Radiology Findings with Etiology of Community Acquired Pneumonia Among Children from the Etiology of Pneumonia in the Community (EPIC) Study.
Sandra R ArnoldSeema JainDavid DansieHerman KanDerek J WilliamsKrow AmpofoEvan J AndersonCarlos G GrijalvaAnna M BramleyAndrew T PaviaKathryn M EdwardsVikki G NolanJonathan A McCullersRobert A KaufmanPublished in: The Journal of pediatrics (2023)
Consolidation predicted typical bacterial CAP poorly, but its absence made typical bacterial CAP unlikely. Pleural effusion was the best predictor of typical bacterial infection, but too uncommon to aid etiology prediction.