Bradley et al listed complications that can develop in pediatric patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The authors are from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Complications:
(1) pulmonary infectious
(2) other pulmonary
(3) metastatic infection
(4) systemic
Pulmonary infectious complications:
(1) empyema
(2) necrotizing pneumonia
(3) lung abscess
Other pulmonary complications
(1) pleural effusion
(2) pneumothorax
(3) bronchopleural fistula
(4) acute respiratory failure
Metastatic infectious complications:
(1) meningitis
(2) central nervous system (CNS) abscess
(3) pericarditis
(4) endocarditis
(5) osteomyelitis
(6) septic arthritis
Systemic complications:
(1) bacteremia/septicemia
(2) septic shock (multi-organ failure)
(3) coagulopathy (DIC, hemolytic uremic syndrome)
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