It may be the second most common cause (after the respiratory syncytial virus) of lower respiratory infection in young children.
It is the leading cause of lower respiratory infections in children.
Humidifiers are sometimes recommended by doctors for problems like lower respiratory infections, laryngitis and extremely dry skin.
The following map shows lower respiratory infections per 100,000 inhabitants in year 2002.
Since we were interested in a primary diagnosis of lower respiratory infection, we considered only the first two diagnostic codes.
In dry seasons, there is low infection.
Bacterial pneumonia may follow a viral illness or appear as the first sign of a lower respiratory infection.
It is often difficult to distinguish the effects of low infections from malnutrition.
When administered as an aerosol to hospitalized children, it can reduce the severity of lower respiratory infections.
Little's team studied some 800 otherwise healthy people, aged 3 years and older, seeing a doctor for a lower respiratory infection.