Respiratory virus surveillance in hospitalised pneumonia patients on the Thailand-Myanmar border

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Pneumonia case definitions

Age group	Definition
< 5 years	Pneumonia	Cough OR difficulty breathing AND Increased respiratory rate*
	Severe pneumonia	Cough OR difficulty breathing AND At least one of: Lower chest wall indrawing; nasal flaring; grunting
	Very severe pneumonia	Cough OR difficulty breathing AND At least one of: Central cyanosis; inability to feed or vomiting everything; convulsions, lethargy, or unconsciousness
≥ 5 years		Fever ≥ 38°C OR history of fever AND Cough OR difficulty breathing AND Abnormal chest examination (e.g. crepitations, asymmetric breath sounds, or dullness to percussion)

* Measured over one minute: > 60 if < 2 months of age; > 50 if 2-11 months of age; > 40 if 11-59 months of age.

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