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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.
A chest x-ray of a patient with severe viral pneumonia due to SARS. In adults, viruses account for about one third of pneumonia cases, [12] and in children for about 15% of them. [44] Commonly implicated agents include rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), adenovirus, and parainfluenza.
Approximately 15–50% of children will go on to develop more serious lower respiratory tracts infections, such as bronchiolitis, viral pneumonia, or croup. [19] [21] Infants are at the highest risk of disease progression. [3] Video: Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Bronchiolitis
You can develop viral pneumonia, Liu says, or a secondary bacterial pneumonia. Rarely, influenza can spread to other organs, including the brain where it causes a life-threatening condition called ...
In recent media reports, mycoplasma pneumonia has been described as “white lung syndrome,” due to the whitening of the lungs shown in x-rays of patients with pneumonia, NBC reports. The term ...
A 2014 systematic review of clinical trials does not support routine rapid viral testing to decrease antibiotic use for children in emergency departments. [11] It is unclear if rapid viral testing in the emergency department for children with acute febrile respiratory infections reduces the rates of antibiotic use, blood testing, or urine ...
Chinese health authorities last month reported a rise in children aged 14 and under testing positive for HMPV as part of a broader update on the respiratory virus season.
[13] [15] Pneumonia is also the leading cause of death in children less than five years of age in low income countries. [15] The most common cause of pneumonia is pneumococcal bacteria, Streptococcus pneumoniae accounts for 2/3 of bacteremic pneumonias. [16] Invasive pneumococcal pneumonia has a mortality rate of around 20%. [14]