Quantitative detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis in lower respiratory tract samples by real-time PCR

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-178

  Kais, Madeleine ^a   Spindler, Carl ^b,c   Kalin, Mats ^b,c   Örtqvist, Åke ^d   Giske, Christian G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Diagnostic methods; Etiology

Indexed keywords

DNA; FUMARATE REDUCTASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PNEUMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33745432198     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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