Etiological diagnosis of childhood pneumonia by use of transthoracic needle aspiration and modern microbiological methods

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 583-590

  Vuori Holopainen, Elina ^a   Salo, Eeva ^a   Saxén, Harri ^a   Hedman, Klaus ^b   Hyypiaä, Timo ^b   Lahdenperaä, Raija ^b   Leinonen, Maija ^c   Tarkka, Eveliina ^b   Vaara, Martti ^b   Peltola, Heikki ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; VIRUS CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036499190     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338642     Document Type: Article

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