Recurrent or Persistent Pneumonia
Recurrent or Persistent Pneumonia
Recurrent or Persistent Pneumonia
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• Definitions<br />
<strong>Recurrent</strong> <strong>or</strong> <strong>Persistent</strong><br />
– <strong>Recurrent</strong> pneumonia<br />
• m<strong>or</strong>e than two episodes<br />
of pneumonia in 18<br />
months<br />
– <strong>Persistent</strong> pneumonia<br />
• symptoms that do not<br />
clear within 14 days<br />
• radiograph that do not<br />
revert to n<strong>or</strong>mal within<br />
4-6 weeks<br />
<strong>Pneumonia</strong><br />
• Most common causes<br />
of recurrent<br />
pneumonia<br />
–PTB<br />
– f<strong>or</strong>eign body aspiration<br />
– misdiagnosed <strong>or</strong><br />
inappropriately treated<br />
asthma<br />
–HIV<br />
– bronchiectasis
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