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Volume 346:429-437 February 7, 2002 Number 6
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children
Kenneth McIntosh, M.D.

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Community-acquired pneumonia is a common and potentially serious infection that afflicts children throughout the world; it is fundamentally different in children and in adults. The annual incidence of pneumonia in children younger than 5 years of age is 34 to 40 cases per 1000 in Europe and North America, higher than at any other time of life, except perhaps in adults older than 75 or 80 years of age.1,2,3,4 In the developing world, pneumonia is not only more common than it is in Europe and North America5,6,7; it is also more severe and is the largest killer of children.8,9

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From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, Boston.

Address reprint requests to Dr. McIntosh at Enders 609, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, or at kenneth.mcintosh@tch.harvard.edu.

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Pneumonia in Children
Berti I., Faraguna D., McIntosh K.
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