Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To retrospectively investigate the epidemiological characteristics of children with acute lower respiratory tract infection, so as to provide guidances for the prevention and treatment of children with acute lower respiratory tract infection.
METHODS A total of 320 cases of children with acute lower respiratory infection from Jan. 2014 to Aug. 2015 were selected, and were given symptomatic and nutritional support treatment. The clinical characteristics and prognosis were analyzed.
RESULTS The main diseases in 320 cases of children with acute lower respiratory tract infection were pneumonia, capillary bronchitis, bronchitis, and chronic bronchitis, accounting for 73.44%, 14.06%, 8.12%, and 4.38%, respectively. Totally 256 cases of respiratory secretions were sent to be detected, 46 cases of virus were detected, with the positive rate of 17.97%, and 143 cases of bacteria were detected, with the positive rate of 55.86%. Totally 48 strains of virus and 158 strains of bacteria were isolated. The positive rates of virus detection were 17.92%, 8.24%, and 4.35% in 0~1, 2~7 and 8~12 years old children, and were 17.92% and 7.41% in winter and spring, and summer and autumn, respectively. The positive rates of virus detection in children with lower respiratory tract infection with different ages and seasons were statistically significant (
P<0.05). The positive rates of bacterial detection were 52.83%, 30.59%, and 21.74% in 0~1, 2~7 and 8~12 years old children, were 50.00% and 34.26% in winter and spring, and summer and autumn, and were 48.31% and 38.05% in rural and urban areas, respectively. The positive rates of bacterial detection in children with lower respiratory tract infection with different ages, seasons, and living environments were statistically significant (
P<0.05). The total effective rate of 320 cases of children after concentrated treatment was 95.63%.
CONCLUSION Children with acute lower respiratory infection are common with pneumonia, respiratory syncytial virus and gram-negative bacteria are the main pathogens, viral infection is closely related to age and season, and bacterial infection is closely related to age, season, and living environment.