Epidemiology, clinical characteristics and antimicrobial resistance patterns of community‐acquired pneumonia in 1702 hospitalized children in Singapore

Abstract

In Singaporean children hospitalized with CAP, M. pneumoniae is the most commonly identified causative organism, followed by common respiratory viruses, S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae. Streptococcus pneumoniae and H. influenzae are associated with greater severity of infection than other organisms, and have high levels of resistance to commonly prescribed antibiotics.