Clinical and microbiological profile of pneumonia among children with congenital heart diseases at alexandria university children’s hospital
RSV, Klebsiella pneumoniae , and Rhinovirus are common causes of pneumonia in CHD in our setting. The combination of culture techniques and multiplex PCR was beneficial for the accurate and timely identification of the causative agents of pneumonia in this vulnerable population that helps in guiding antimicrobial therapy.
Authors
- Hani Adel
- Marwa Ahmed Meheissen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7122-4760)
- Eman Hamza Hassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3960-2896)
- Asmaa Mahmoud Mohamed Gnina
- Nirvana Mahmoud Abdel Fattah
Institutions
- Alexandria University (EG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-11856-9
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Science and Technology Development Fund