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Further Reading

Keywords

pneumonia, lower respiratory tract infection, bronchopneumonia, pneumonitis, severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS, impaired cough reflex, ciliary dyskinesia, bronchial obstruction, gastric fluid aspiration, altered pulmonary blood flow, pulmonary edema, obstruction of the airway, ventilation/perfusion mismatch, V/Q mismatch, hypoxemia, tachypnea, hypoxia, retractions, positive end-expiratory pressure, PEEP, nasal flaring, rales, pleural friction rub, respiratory syncytial virus, RSV, parainfluenza, aspiration pneumonia, Haemophilus influenzae infection, group B Streptococcus, Listeria monocytogenes, gram-negative rods, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Chlamydia pneumoniae, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis, cytomegalovirus, Pneumocystis carinii, adenovirus, enterovirus, rhinovirus, coronavirus, herpesvirus

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Nicholas John Bennett, MB, BCh, PhD, Fellow in Pediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York Upstate Medical University
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Joseph Domachowske, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, State University of New York-Upstate Medical University
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Isabel Virella-Lowell, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy and Immunology
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