BACKGROUND Pneumonias are among the most common causes of hospitalization among inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. Guidelines published in 2004 advocate vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae and influenza virus. We sought to examine trends in hospitalizations for vaccine preventable pneumonias among IBD patients since the availability of published guidelines, and to identify whet...

patients and methods medical records of patients were analyzed retrospectively. results of the six patients, 83.3% (n = 5) were male and 16.7% (n = 1) were female, with a mean age of 2.1 ± 0.49 years. the most common clinical signs were dyspnea (83.3%), fever (66.6%), and vomiting (66.6%). owing to supportive treatments and the combined steroid treatment, respiratory distress diminished and the...