Author(s)

Yueliao Ma¹, Lingyu Lu^2*, Qiangcai Mai^3*

¹Laboratory Department of Maternity and Child Health Hospital of Yao Autonomous County, Hechi, China.
²Laboratory Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Nandan County, Hechi, China.
³Second Department of Internal Medicine, Orthopedic Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Guigang, China.

Acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI) in children is the most common infectious disease in childhood, and its pathogens include viruses, bacteria and fungi, mycoplasma, chlamydia and rickettsia. In recent years, with the continuous development of pathogen detection methods, the diagnosis and treatment of acute respiratory infections has received more and more clinical attention. The clinical diagnosis and treatment characteristics of acute respiratory infections in children and the research of clinical laboratory detection methods have also been continuously developed. The author collected references to review the clinical features and new developments in laboratory testing of acute respiratory tract infection in children.

Children, Respiratory Tract Infections, Pathogens, Laboratory Testing, Acute

Ma, Y. , Lu, L. and Mai, Q. (2021) Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Characteristics of Acute Respiratory Infections in Children and New Developments in Laboratory Testing. Open Journal of Pediatrics, 11, 114-124. doi: 10.4236/ojped.2021.111011.