Diagnosis of parapneumonic pleural effusion by polymerase chain reaction in children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1106-1110

  Menezes Martins, Luis Felipe ^a   Menezes Martins, José João ^a   Michaelsen, Vinicius S ^b   Aguiar, Bibiana B ^b   Ermel, Taisa ^b   Machado, Denise C ^b  

^a Hospital São Lucas   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Haemophilus influenzae; MRSA; Parapneumonic pleural effusion; PCR; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PARAPNEUMONIC PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORACOCENTESIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 22044453097     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.03.057     Document Type: Article

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