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The number of complex pneumonias in children has increased sharply in the past year, the children’s ward of the UZA in Edegem is almost full. “We are affected by a gathering of respiratory infections,” says Philippe Jorens, head of intensive care (UZA).
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“An RSV epidemic that irritates the lungs of children, corona, but also the first cases of flu and a rare infection with streptococcus of the respiratory tract are doing the rounds,” it sounds. “We are seeing an increasing number of streptococcal infections of the respiratory tract in children more than ever. We usually see four cases per year, now we have ten cases in three weeks.”
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