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Clinical risk factors for life-threatening lower respiratory tract infections in children: a retrospective study in an urban city in Malaysia

Nathan AM 1 , Rani F 2 , Lee RJ 3 , Zaki R 4 , Westerhout C 5 , Sam IC 6 Show all authors , Lum LC 1 , de Bruyne J 1

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  • 1 Department of Paediatrics, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; University Malaya Paediatrics and Child Health Research Group, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Temerloh, Pahang, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Medicine, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • 4 Julius Centre University of Malaya, Department of Social & Preventive Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 5 Department of Biomedical Imaging, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 6 Department of Medical Microbiology, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
PLoS One, 2014;9(10):e111162.
PMID: 25360811 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111162

Abstract

Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are an important cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in low income countries. The aim of this study was to determine risk factors of life-threatening LRTIs in hospitalised children in Malaysia.

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