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ArticleAfrican journal of thoracic and critical care medicine2021

Aetiology and presentation of childhood pleural infections in the post-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era in South Africa.

L Golden, S Chaya, K Reichmuth, A Visagie, A Ayuk, S Kwarteng Owusu, D Marangu, N Affendi, A Lakhan, D Gray and 3 more

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Article in African journal of thoracic and critical care medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Keep the old, in with the new: The changing face of pleural effusions.African journal of thoracic and critical care medicine · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

L GoldenDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
S ChayaDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
K ReichmuthDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
A VisagieDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
A AyukDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
S Kwarteng OwusuDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
D MaranguDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
N AffendiDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
A LakhanDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
D GrayDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
A VankerDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
H ZarDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
M ZampoliDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital · ZAUniversity of Cape Town · ZAKenyatta National Hospital · KEKomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital · GH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Complications of respiratory infections including pleural effusion (PE) are associated with a high morbidity. Differentiating between PE caused by Objectives: To investigate the aetiology of PE and features distinguishing tuberculosis (TB) from bacterial PE in children. Methods: We conducted a prospective study in children with PE admitted to a tertiary hospital in Cape Town from December 2017 to December 2019. Clinical information and routine laboratory investigations were compared between children with bacterial, Mtb or unclassified PE, categorised according to study definitions. Results: A total of 91 patients were included in the present study and their median age was 31 months (interquartile range (IQR) 11.8 - 102.1). The aetiology was bacterial in 40% ( Conclusion: Post 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine,

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empyemapleural effusionpneumococcal conjugate vaccinetuberculosis

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PMID35359691
PMCPMC8948474
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