Tekchheng Eap

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimated the incidence and hospital admission rate of RSV-associated acute lower respiratory infection (RSV-ALRI) in children younger than 5 years stratified by age and World Bank income regions.

TL;DR: In this paper, a prospective observational study aimed to assess the microorganisms associated with pneumonia in children aged ≤ 5.5 years in developing and emerging countries, and quantified the associations between microorganisms and pneumonia by calculating the adjusted population attributable fraction (aPAF) after multivariate logistic regression analysis adjusted for sex, age, time period, other pathogens, and site.

TL;DR: This multicenter study of <5-year-old children hospitalized with pneumonia in developing and emerging countries is aiming to identify the causative agents involved in pneumonia while assessing individual and microbial factors associated with the risk of severe pneumonia.

TL;DR: Most serotypes independently associated with nasopharyngeal carriage or pneumonia are covered by PCV13, suggesting that increased PCV coverage would reduce the burden of S. pneumoniae-related pneumonia.

TL;DR: This study suggests that coinfection of S. pneumoniae and certain viruses may play a role in the pathophysiology of pneumonia in children.