ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Pneumonia, a common childhood infection in Nigerian
children with a number of debilitating complications such as empyema thoracis, has been …

Introduction Acute pneumonia is a leading infectious cause of death among children under 5
years globally and in Nigeria. Despite various existing strategies and interventions …

Background: Despite the well-recognized effect of vitamin D in metabolism and
homeostasis, there is now growing interest in its probable association with pneumonia. This …

Background There is no consensus on optimal Vitamin D status. The objective of this study
was to estimate the extent to which vitamin D status predicts illness duration and treatment …

Background: Pneumonia is a leading cause of children's morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Some studies have reported that vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased …

Background: Acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRTI) is the leading cause of childhood
deaths in most developing countries, including Nigeria. Vitamin D is associated with innate …

Introduction Vitamin D is important for its immunomodulatory role and there is an
independent association between vitamin D deficiency and pneumonia. We assessed the …

Objective To determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Indonesian children
hospitalized with pneumonia and evaluate the association between vitamin D status and …

Objective Acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRTI) is an important cause of morbidity in
the developed world, and both morbidity and mortality in the developing world. Vitamin D …

Objectives To determine whether (i) supplementation of oral 100 000 iu of vitamin D3
(cholecalciferol) along with antibiotics will reduce the duration of illness in children with …