The Etiology of Pneumonia From Analysis of Lung Aspirate and Pleural Fluid Samples: Findings From the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study.
Bernard E EbrukeMaria Deloria KnollMeredith HaddixSyed M A ZamanChristine ProsperiDaniel R FeikinLaura L HammittOrin S LevineKatherine L O'BrienDavid R MurdochW Abdullah BrooksJ Anthony G ScottKaren L KotloffShabir A MadhiDonald M TheaVicky L BaillieMohammod Jobayer ChistiMichel DioneAmanda J DriscollNicholas FancourtRuth A KarronTham T LeShebe MohamedDavid P MooreSusan C MorpethJohn MwabaJames MwansaAbu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin ShahidSamba O SowMilagritos D TapiaMartin AntonioStephen R C HowiePublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Bacterial pathogens predominated in this selected subgroup of PERCH participants drawn from those with radiological consolidation or PF, with S. pneumoniae and S. aureus the leading pathogens identified.