Hospital-based surveillance for radiological pneumonia in children under 5 years of age in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

Publication date: Available online 15 June 2016 Source:Pediatric Infectious Disease Author(s): Shally Awasthi, Jai Vir Singh, Neera Kohli, Monika Agarwal, Neelam Verma, Chandra Bhushan Kumar, Chittaranjan Roy, Kripa Nath Mishra, Pankaj Kumar Jain, Rajesh Yadav, Chandra Mani Pandey, Amit Kumar Srivastava Background and rationale Pneumonia is responsible for about 1.4 million deaths in children under five years of age, mostly in developing countries, including India. In India, Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) and Haemophilus influenzae (HI) are the common bacterial etiologic agents of pneumonia, and often cause abnormal chest radiology. Vaccine against HI has already been introduced in India. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) roll out will begin in 2017–2018 in a phased manner using Gavi funding. Objectives (1) To estimate the annual incidence of radiological pneumonia in children between 2 and 59 months of age, in prespecified districts. (2) To document the clinical and demographic characteristics of cases of WHO-defined community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) with lower chest in-drawing (LCI) and severe CAP, by establishment of hospital-based surveillance network. Study design In a prospective design, surveillance for WHO-defined radiological pneumonia in patients hospitalized for CAP is being done in two districts each of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. For this, a pneumonia surveillance network of public and private hospitals has been established. Data are abstract...
Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research