Etiologic diagnosis of adult bacterial pneumonia by culture and PCR applied to respiratory tract samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 643-645

  Strålin, Kristoffer ^a   Törnqvist, Eva ^a   Kaltoft, Margit Staum ^b   Olcén, Per ^a   Holmberg, Hans ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAMPLING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 32344438564     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.643-645.2006     Document Type: Article

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