DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR PNEUMONIA OF ATYPICAL ETIOLOGY IN CHILDREN.

Abstract

Despite numerous scientific studies, the problem of pneumonia in children,
especially with atypical etiology, continues to be unresolved, which is associated with the
difficulty of early diagnosis of the etiological factor, the peculiarities of the clinical and
laboratory manifestations of the disease. [2,5,9]. From the timely detection of the
etiological factor of atypical pneumonia, the effectiveness of antibiotic therapy is largely
determined, which dramatically affects the course and outcome of the disease, and cultural
diagnosis is difficult, since Myc. pneumoniae and Chl. pneumoniae, being intracellular
pathogens, are not detected by sputum smear microscopy, with standard bacteriological
culture of sputum or blood.