Molecular diagnostic methods in pneumonia

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-164

  Chan, Yvonne R ^a   Morris, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Molecular; Nucleic acid; Pneumonia; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIDEMIC; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33847367697     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32808255f1     Document Type: Review

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