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Role of lung ultrasound for the etiological diagnosis of acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRTI) in children: a prospective study by Danilo Buonsenso; Annamaria Musolino; Valentina Ferro; Cristina De Rose; Rosa Morello; Chiara Ventola; Flora Marzia Liotti; Rita De Sanctis; Antonio Chiaretti; Daniele Guerino Biasucci; Teresa Spanu; Maurizio Sanguinetti; Piero Valentini is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Objective and design Our prospective study assesses the role of detailed lung ultrasound (LUS) features to discriminate the etiological diagnosis of acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRTI) in children. ## Methodology We analyzed patients aged from 1 month to 17 years admitted between March 2018 and April 2020 who were hospitalized for ALRTI. For all patients, history, clinical parameters, microbiological data, and lung ultrasound data were collected. Patients were stratified into three main groups (“bacterial”, “viral”, “atypical”) according to the presumed microbial etiology and LUS findings evaluated according to the etiological group. Nasopharyngeal swabs were obtained from all patients. A qualitative diagnostic test developed by Nurex S.r.l. was used for identification of bacterial and fungal DNA in respiratory samples. The Seegene AllplexTM Respiratory assays were used for the molecular diagnosis of viral respiratory pathogens. In addition, bacterial culture of blood and respiratory samples were performed, when indicated. ## Results A total of 186 children with suspected ALRTI (44% female) with an average age of 6 were enrolled in the study. We found that some ultra
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- Author
- Danilo Buonsenso; Annamaria Musolino; Valentina Ferro; Cristina De Rose; Rosa Morello; Chiara Ventola; Flora Marzia Liotti; Rita De Sanctis; Antonio Chiaretti; Daniele Guerino Biasucci; Teresa Spanu; Maurizio Sanguinetti; Piero Valentini
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)