Necrotizing Pneumonia in Children

• DOI: 10.1097/inf.0b013e31829be1bb
• Publication Date: 2013-05-30T11:20:49Z
• Authors: Chloé Lemaître; François Angoulvant; Flaviu Gabor; Juliette Makhoul; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Jérôme Naudin; Marianne Alison; Albert Faye; Edouard Bingen; Mathie Lorrot
• Keywords: Fusobacterium nucleatum; Chest radiograph; Panton–Valentine leukocidin; Fusobacterium

Forty-one children hospitalized for necrotizing pneumonia were retrospectively analyzed. Necrotizing represented 0.8% of community-acquired and 6% pneumonia. The chest radiograph revealed necrosis on admission in onethird cases. Twenty-one cases (51%) documented, including 13 Staphylococcus aureus, all Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive, 7 Streptococcus pneumoniae 1 Fusobacterium nucleatum.