IGHE and pneumonia: In children with MPP, the differences in the eosinophil counts; total immunoglobulin E (IgE), C-reactive protein, procalcitonin (PCT), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels; and fever duration, wheezing, extrapulmonary complications, oxygen saturation < 92%, severe pneumonia, pleural effusion, co-infection with other pathogens, and lobar pneumonia between children with and without asthma were statistically significant.