NOSOCOMIAL RESPIRATORY-INFECTIONS IN CHIL DREN

Acute respiratory superinfections (ARS) induced by secondary nosocomia l respiratory pathogens and characterized by the subsequent generaliza tion of the process have been reported as one of the main contribution s to pediatric inpatient mortality. The recurrent infections were obse rved in all types of hospitals; they might be induced by the whole gro up of respiratory pathogens, but adeno-, coronaviral and pneumococcal ones are predominating. The ARS clinical picture showed various patter ns determined both by the etiology of basic and recurrent infection an d by a child's immunity. There was a correlation between the severity of ARS and the level of specific immunoglobulins, especially of secret ory origin.