Abstract:
Objective：To analyze the clinical features of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children in Suzhou.
Methods：A total of 116 children with CAP were selected and the clinical data were analyzed.
Results：Among the 116 cases, 93 cases were diagnosed as bronchial pneumonia and 23 cases were diagnosed as lobar pneumonia by using chest radiographic examination. Patients diagnosed with lobar pneumonia showed higher average age, longer hospitalization time, higher fever ratio(95.65%), and higher mycoplasma infection rate (86.96%)；there was significant difference between the two groups (P＜0.05);however, no significant difference was found among gender, clinical manifestations (the moist rale, wheezing and diarrhea), laboratory tests (white blood cell, alanine transaminase, aspartate amino transferase and myocardial creatine kinase isoenzyme) between the two groups (P＞0.05).
Conclusion：Children are susceptible to CAP. However, the clinical manifestations are complicated and lack of specificity. We must be alert to atypical microbial infections such as mycoplasma pneumoniae, and pay great attention to the degree of myocardial injury during the course of the disease. Therefore, efforts should be made to improve clinical cognition, to strengthen research, to obtain early diagnosis and reasonable treatment, to improve prognosis, and then to promote the harmonious relationship between doctors and patients.

Key words: Community-acquired pneumonia, Clinical features, Children