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Zinc supplementation in children 2 months to five years old appears to reduce rates of pneumonia. [107] For people with low levels of vitamin C in their diet or blood, taking vitamin C supplements may be suggested to decrease the risk of pneumonia, although there is no strong evidence of benefit. [108]
The pneumonia is caused by tiny Mycoplasma pneumoniae bacteria and cases are spiking this year, particularly among preschool-age children, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and ...
It is the most common bacterial pneumonia found in adults, the most common type of community-acquired pneumonia, and one of the common types of pneumococcal infection. The estimated number of Americans with pneumococcal pneumonia is 900,000 annually, with almost 400,000 cases hospitalized and fatalities accounting for 5-7% of these cases. [2]
Of those case, viral pneumonia counts for about 200 million cases which includes about 100 million children and 100 million adults. [14] Viral pneumonia is more prevalent in the very young, less than 5 years old, and in the very old, more than 75 years old. [14] Developing countries have a higher rate of incidence when it comes to viral pneumonia.
Since August, there have been 145 reported cases of pneumonia in children ranging from 3 to 14 years old in Warren County, Ohio. The most common symptoms are a fever, cough and fatigue, NBC News ...
Frontal chest radiograph of a 47-year-old with encephalitis-associated human metapneumovirus. Consolidation in the right middle lobe (circle) indicating pneumonia. The identification of HMPV has predominantly relied on reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction technology to amplify directly from RNA extracted from respiratory specimens
Although children older than one month tend to be at risk for the same microorganisms as adults, children under five years of age are much less likely to have pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae or Legionella pneumophila than older children.
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the main cause of community acquired pneumonia and meningitis in children and the elderly, [5] and of sepsis in those infected with HIV. The organism also causes many types of pneumococcal infections other than pneumonia.