| etiology of acute lower respiratory tract infection in children at srinagarind hospital, khon kaen, thailand. | we investigated the etiology of acute lower respiratory infection (alri) in children under 5 admitted to srinagarind hospital. the causative bacteria and viruses were determined by hemoculture and viral isolation from blood and nasopharyngeal aspirate samples. antigens of respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) and chlamydia trachomatis were detected using eia. the 74 children less than 5 years of age with alri enrolled in our study were diagnosed with pneumonia (75.7%), croup (16.2%), and bronchiolit ... | 2001 | 11944709 |