Recurrent pneumonia in a child: Knitting clinical and radiological features to clinch the diagnosis

• Main Authors: Anvesh Reddy (Author), Sachin Singh (Author), Joseph L Mathew (Author), Anmol Bhatia (Author), Amit Rawat (Author), Muralidharan Jayashree (Author), Meenu Singh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Childhood pneumonia is a very common cause of morbidity and mortality in children, especially in developing countries. A small proportion of these are due to recurrent pneumonias. This is defined as the occurrence of more than one episode of pneumonia within a single year, or greater than 3 episodes...