Evaluation of a multiplex PCR for bacterial pathogens applied to bronchoalveolar lavage

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 568-575

  Strålin, Kristoffer ^a   Korsgaard, J ^b   Olcen P ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Haemophilus influenzae; Lower respiratory tract infection; Mycoplasma penumoniae; PCR; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33751261776     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00006106     Document Type: Article

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