Etiology and Factors Associated with Pneumonia in Children under 5 Years of Age in Mali: A Prospective Case-Control Study.

BACKGROUND:There are very limited data on children with pneumonia in Mali. The objective was to assess the etiology and factors associated with community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized children <5 years of age in Mali. METHODS:A prospective hospital-based case-control study was implemented in...

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Main Authors: Thomas Bénet, Mariam Sylla, Mélina Messaoudi, Valentina Sánchez Picot, Jean-Noël Telles, Abdoul-Aziz Diakite, Florence Komurian-Pradel, Hubert Endtz, Souleymane Diallo, Gláucia Paranhos-Baccalà, Philippe Vanhems
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4687909?pdf=render