TY - JOUR T1 - Neonatal pneumonia in developing countries JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F211 LP - FF219 DO - 10.1136/adc.2003.048108 VL - 90 IS - 3 AU - T Duke Y1 - 2005/05/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/90/3/F211.abstract N2 - Pneumonia contributes to between 750 000 and 1.2 million neonatal deaths and an unknown number of stillbirths each year world wide. The aetiology depends on time of onset. Gram negative bacilli predominate in the first week of life, and Gram positive bacteria after that. Streptococcus pneumoniae probably causes about 25% of neonatal pneumonia. Interventions that would reduce mortality from this condition would have a large range of beneficial effects: improved maternal health, better management of other common neonatal conditions, and reduced long term childhood and adult morbidity. ER -