Seema Jain, Derek J Williams, Sandra R Arnold, Krow Ampofo, Anna M Bramley, Carrie Reed, Chris Stockmann, Evan J Anderson, Carlos G Grijalva, Wesley H Self, Yuwei Zhu, Anami Patel, Weston Hymas, James D Chappell, Robert A Kaufman, J Herman Kan, David Dansie, Noel Lenny, David R Hillyard, Lia M Haynes, Min Levine, Stephen Lindstrom, Jonas M Winchell, Jacqueline M Katz, Dean Erdman, Eileen Schneider, Lauri A Hicks, Richard G Wunderink, Kathryn M Edwards, Andrew T Pavia, Jonathan A McCullers, Lyn Finelli
BACKGROUND: Incidence estimates of hospitalizations for community-acquired pneumonia among children in the United States that are based on prospective data collection are limited. Updated estimates of pneumonia that has been confirmed radiographically and with the use of current laboratory diagnostic tests are needed. METHODS: We conducted active population-based surveillance for community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization among children younger than 18 years of age in three hospitals in Memphis, Nashville, and Salt Lake City...
February 26, 2015: New England Journal of Medicine