Diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in whole blood: A prospective clinical study

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-137

  Lorente, M L L ^a   Falguera, M ^a   Nogues A ^a   Ruiz Gonzalez A ^a   Merino, M T ^a   Rubio Caballero, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pneumococcal pneumonia; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PNEUMOLYSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034099121     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.2.133     Document Type: Article

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