| the etiology of pneumonia in malnourished and well-nourished gambian children. | during a 2-year period 159 malnourished children ages 3 months to 5 years with radiologic evidence of pneumonia were investigated to determine the cause of their pneumonia. in addition 119 malnourished children without pneumonia, 119 well-nourished children with pneumonia and 52 well-nourished children without pneumonia were studied as controls. percutaneous lung aspiration was performed on 35 malnourished and 59 well-nourished children with pneumonia. bacteria were isolated from the blood, lung ... | 1994 | 7845751 |