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| == Background == | | {{Peds top}} [[pneumonia]] |
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| *Most common site of infection in neonates | | *Most common site of infection in neonates |
| *Fever and tachypnea are Sensitive but not Specific
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| === Causes ===
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| ==== Neonatal ====
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| Bacterial
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| [[Group B Streptococcus]] (most common), [[Escherichia coli]], [[Listeria monocytogenes]], [[Haemophilus influenzae]], [[S. pneumoniae]] [[Klebsiella]] species, [[Enterobacter]] aerogenes
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Fulminant illness w/ onset w/in 48hr of life, w/ infection likely acquired in utero from contaminated amniotic fluid environment.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" rowspan="2" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Respiratory distress, unstable temperature (high or low), irritability or lethargy, tachycardia and poor feeding may be present.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | A lumbar puncture should be done if there are no contraindications.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Hospitalization, supportive care (<small>O</small><sub>2</sub>), and parenteral antibiotics (ampicillin and gentamicin, adjusts as per culture and sensitivities when available).<br/>
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Same as for common bacterial etiology.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Same as for common bacterial etiology.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" rowspan="5" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | ''Chlamydia''
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" rowspan="2" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Develops in 3%–16% of exposed neonates (in colonized mothers).
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | CXR may show hyperinflation with interstitial infiltrates.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" rowspan="3" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Usually occurs after 3 wk of age, accompanied by conjunctivitis in one half of cases. Often afebrile, tachypneic, with prominent "staccato" cough. Wheezing uncommon.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Definitive diagnosis by nasopharyngeal swab PCR or cultures.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Eosinophilia may be seen on peripheral blood count.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Treatment: macrolide (erythromycin, clarithromycin, or azithromycin).
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" rowspan="6" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" |
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| ''Bordetella pertussis''
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" rowspan="6" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | In addition to pneumonia, may causes paroxysms of cough, ± cyanosis and post-tussive emesis in otherwise well-looking infant. Characteristic whoop is not present in neonates. Apnea may be the only symptom. Suspect when adult caregiver also has persistent cough.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Sepsis evaluation as indicated.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Diagnosis via nasopharyngeal swab for PCR and/or culture.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Lymphocytosis in peripheral blood count is nonspecific but supports the diagnosis.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Macrolides are efficient against ''B. pertussis'' but is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for infants <6 mo.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | No available data on efficacy of azithromycin or clarithromycin in infants <1 mo old, but case series show less adverse effects with azithromycin.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Neonates need to be admitted during treatment and monitored for severe adverse effects.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" rowspan="6" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" |
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| ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis''
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" rowspan="2" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Half of infants born to actively infected mothers develop TB if not immunized or treated.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Sepsis evaluation as for bacterial pneumonia.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | CXR, culture of urine, gastric and tracheal aspirates.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" rowspan="3" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | May be acquired via transplacental means, aspiration/ingestion of infected amniotic fluid, or postnatal airborne transmission.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Routine anti-TB treatment.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" rowspan="2" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Supportive treatment as needed.
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Often presents with nonspecific systemic symptoms with multi-organ involvement (fever, failure to thrive, respiratory distress, organomegaly).
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" rowspan="6" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Viral pneumonia (respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, human metapneumovirus, influenza, parainfluenza)
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| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" rowspan="2" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Viral testing (direct antigen detection/PCR/cultures) of nasopharyngeal washings (swab).
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| ==== Infants and Children ====
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| *More likely to have viral cause
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| **Consider secondary bacterial pneumonia if URI progresses to lower tract symptoms
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| ***Pneumococus, H. flu, staph, pertussis
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| **If age >5 consider mycoplasma (treat w/ macrolide)
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| ===Bugs by Age Group=== | | ===Bugs by Age Group=== |
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| | **[[Group B streptococci]] |
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| | **[[Gram-negative bacilli]] |
| ! valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" rowspan="0" | Bacterial Pathogens
| | **[[Listeria monocytogenes]] |
| ! valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" rowspan="0" | Hospitalized Patients
| | *1-3 months |
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| | **[[Streptococcus pneumoniae]] |
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| | **[[Chlamydia trachomatis]] |
| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" rowspan="3" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Newborn
| | **[[Haemophilus influenzae]] |
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| | **[[Bordetella pertussis]] |
| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Ampicillin
| | **[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" rowspan="3" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Initial outpatient management not recommended
| | *3 months-5 years |
| |- class="font12" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"
| | **[[S. pneumoniae]] |
| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Gram-negative bacilli
| | **[[S. aureus]] |
| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | ''plus''
| | **[[H. influenzae]] type b |
| |- class="font12" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"
| | **Nontypeable H. influenzae |
| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | ''Listeria monocytogenes''
| | **[[C. trachomatis]] |
| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Gentamicin ''or'' cefotaxime
| | **[[Mycoplasma pneumoniae]] |
| |- class="font12" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"
| | *5–18 years |
| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" rowspan="9" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | 1–3 mo
| | **[[M. pneumoniae]] |
| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | ''Streptococcus pneumoniae''
| | **[[S. pneumoniae]] |
| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Afebrile pneumonitis
| | **[[C. pneumoniae]] |
| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" rowspan="9" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | Initial outpatient management not recommended
| | **[[H. influenzae]] type b |
| |- class="font12" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"
| | **[[S. aureus]] |
| | valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="font12" align="left" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" | ''Chlamydia trachomatis''
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| 3 mo–5 y
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|
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| (majority of PNA
| | ==Clinical Features== |
| | | ''Fever and tachypnea are sensitive but not specific'' |
| in this group is
| | *[[Fever]] |
| | *[[Cough]] |
| | **Productive cough is rarely seen before late childhood |
|
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| viral)
| | ==Differential Diagnosis== |
| | {{Pediatric fever DDX}} |
| | {{Pediatric SOB DDX}} |
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| | ==Evaluation== |
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| | *Absence of tachypnea, respiratory distress, and rales/decreased breath sounds rules-out with 100% sensitivity |
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| == Diagnosis ==
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| *Absence of tachypnea, resp distress, and rales/decr BS rules-out with 100% sp | |
| **Productive cough is rarely seen before late childhood
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| *Imaging | | *Imaging |
| **CXR is not the gold standard! | | **[[CXR]] is not the gold standard! |
| **Cannot differentiate between viral and bact (but lobar infiltrate more often bacterial) | | **Cannot differentiate between viral and bacterial (but lobar infiltrate more often bacterial) |
| **Consider for: | | **Consider for: |
| ***Age 0-3mo (part of w/u for sepsis) | | ***Age 0-3mo (as part of sepsis workup) |
| ***<5yr w/ temp >102.2, WBC >20K and no clear source of infection | | ***<5yr with temperature >102.2, WBC >20K and no clear source of infection |
| ***Ambiguous clinical findings | | ***Ambiguous clinical findings |
| ***PNA that is prolonged or not responsive to abx | | ***Pneumonia that is prolonged or not responsive to antibiotics |
| *Consider rapid assays for RSV, influenza | | *Consider rapid assays for [[RSV]], [[influenza]] |
| *Blood/nasal culture are low yield | | *Blood/nasal culture are low yield |
| | **in prospective study, 91 blood cultures needed for one positive result for CAP; but in ICU one child had bacteremia for every 24 cultures obtained, one for every 12 with parapneumonic effusion <ref> Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of bacteremic pneumonia in children. Pediatrics. 2019 Jun 19. </ref> |
| | **consider for sicker ones, those with effusions |
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| == Treatment<ref name="AAP">AAP. Management of Communty-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children Older than 3 Months of Age. Pediatrics. Vol 128 No 6 December 1, 2011.</ref>== | | ==Treatment<ref>Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy 2014</ref>== |
| ===Newborn===
| | {{Pediatric pneumonia treatment}} |
| *Hospitalized
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| **[[Ampicillin]] (80-90mg/kg/day) + ([[gentamicin]] OR [[cefotaxime]])
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| *Outpatient
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| **Initial outpatient management not recommended
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| ===1-3 Month=== | | ==Disposition== |
| *Hospitalized
| | ''All Children less than 2 months should be hospitalized<ref>AAP. Management of Communty-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children Older than 3 Months of Age. Pediatrics. Vol 128 No 6 December 1, 2011</ref>'' |
| **Afebrile pneumonitis
| | ===Consider Admission For=== |
| ***[[Erythromycin]] or [[clarithromycin]]
| | *Age: <2-3 months old |
| **Febrile pneumonia
| | *History of severe or relevant congenital disorders |
| ***[[Cefuroxime]] ± ([[erythromycin]] IV or [[clarithromycin]] PO)
| | *Immune suppression (HIV, SCD, malignancy) |
| **Severe: choose one of
| | *Toxic appearance/respiratory distress |
| ***[[Cefuroxime]] + ([[erythromycin]] or [[clarithromycin]])
| | *SpO2 <90-93% |
| ***[[Cefotaxime]] + [[erythromycin]]
| | *Vomiting/dehydration |
| ***[[Cloxacillin]] + [[clarithromycin]]
| | *Unstable social environment |
| *Outpatient
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| **Initial outpatient management not recommended
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| ===3mo - 5 year=== | |
| *Hospitalized | |
| **Ampicillin IV or cefuroxime IV
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| **or amoxicillin if PO
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| **or amoxicillin-clavulanate if PO
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| **Moderate or severe | |
| ***Add erythromycin or clarithromycin
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| *Outpatient
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| **Amoxicillin
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| **or amoxicillin-clavulanate
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| **or cefuroxime axetil x7-10d
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| ===5yr - 18yr===
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| *Hospitalized
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| **Ampicillin IV + (erythromycin OR clarithromycin) | |
| **Alternative | |
| ***Cefuroxime or amoxicillin-clavulanate or erythromycin or clarithromycin | |
| **Moderate to severe
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| ***Cefuroxime + (erythromycin or clarithromycin)
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| *Outpatient
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| **Erythromycinor clarithromycin
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| **or amoxicillin ± clavulanate | |
| **or cefuroxime axetil x7-10d | |
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| ==Disposition== | | ==See Also== |
| *All Children less than 2 months should be hospitalized<ref name="AAP"></ref> | | *[[Pneumonia (Main)]] |
| *Consider admission for:
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| **Age of birth to 3mo
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| **History of severe or relevant congenital disorders
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| **Immune suppression (HIV, SCD, malignancy)
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| **Toxic appearance/resp distress | |
| **SpO2 <90-93%
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| ==Source== | | ==References== |
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| [[Category:Peds]] | | [[Category:Pediatrics]] |
| [[Category:ID]] | | [[Category:ID]] |
| | [[Category:Pulmonary]] |