A Successful Medical Treatment of Necrotizing Pneumonia in a Pediatric Patient

الملخص EN

Necrotizing pneumonia is a rare, serious complication of pneumonia in children.

We present a case of a 20-month-old girl presenting with respiratory distress which later be diagnosed with necrotizing pneumonia.

In this paper, we highlight the role of imaging such as chest X-ray, chest CT, and lung ultrasonography for diagnosis and the importance of intravenous antibiotic therapy for better outcome.