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 PNEUMONIA NEONATAL
In the newborn baby, they can happen:
Pneumonias of precocious beginning, in the bosom of a septicemia neonatal (or infection generalized on having been born for infected amniotic liquid), caused in most cases by streptococci group B (S. agalactiae). Pneumonias of late beginning, acquired in UVIs neonatales, caused in most cases by staphylococcuses and other agents opportunists (microbes multirresistentes lodged in hospitals, which can only infect persons with the low defenses). - Viral, well spontaneous or epidemic pneumonias.
TYPICAL AND ATYPICAL PNEUMONIAS IN PEDIATRIC AGES
| Characteristics |
Typical pneumonia
(bacterial) |
Atypical pneumonia
(viral, etc...) |
| Beginning |
Often sudden |
Usually custom |
| Mialgia-cefalea-fotofobia |
Not emphasized |
Often out-standing |
| Shakes |
Frequent |
Rare |
| Poisonous picture |
Important |
Set sail to moderated |
| Cough |
Productive, purulent or hemorrhagic sputum |
Not productive paroxysms or only scarce mucous sputum |
| Pain pleurítico |
Frequent |
Rare |
| Fever |
> 38,9 °C |
<38,9 °C |
| Physical finds |
Matidez with bronchial signs |
Often minimums of pulmonary condensation |
| Radiological finds |
Located: the finds are correlated |
Excessive affectation for the physical finds |
| Leukocytes inventory |
> 15.000/mm 3 |
<15.000/mm 3 |
| Microorganism |
Bacteria, including Legionnaire's disease |
Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia pneumoniae, virus |
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PNEUMONIA NEONATAL 
