Necrotizing pneumococcal pneumonia remains the most common cause of cavitary lung disease in children in the developed world, although the frequency of such infection with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is increasing rapidly. There has been only 1 reported case of Citrobacter infection as a cause of cavitary lung disease in a child.
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