Table 1 Clinical, laboratory and radiological findings in a 4-year-old girl with community-acquired bacteremic pneumonia

Clinical objectivity

Productive cough, fever, tachypnea, dyspnea with retractions, grunting, nasal flaring, fine crackling rales in the left upper field, bilateral wheezing

Resolution of dyspnea, improvement of the rales

Good cardio-respiratory objectivity, no more rales at auscultation

Good general conditions and complete resolution of symptoms

Oxygen saturation

96%

98%

99%

99%

Chest X-ray

Segmental consolidation of the lingula in the left lung

Leukocytes (cells/mm³)

15,810

10,340

8600

Neutrophils, %

50.3

50.8

45

Lymphocytes, %

39.3

31.5

40

Monocytes, %

7.9

9.9

9

Eosinophils, %

2.1

7.5

5

Basophils, %

0.4

0.3

1

Procalcitonin, ng/mL

< 0.12

C reactive protein, mg/dL

1.19

1.71

0.31

IgG anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae

0.2

IgM anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae

0.7

IgG anti-Mycoplasma pneumoniae

<  0.1

IgG anti-Mycoplasma pneumoniae

2.4

Blood culture

Positive for Ewingella americana

Mantoux Test

Negative