Evaluation of PCR as rapid microbiological method in diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 843-845

  Mareković, Ivana ^a   Plečko, Vanda ^b   Boras, Zagorka ^a   Pavlović, Ladislav ^a   Budimir, Ana ^b   Bošnjak, Zrinka ^b   Kamauf Balabanić, Blanka ^a   Marinković, Sonja ^a   Žele Starčevic, Lidija ^b   Kalenić, Smilja ^b  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; PNEUMOCOCCUS URINE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINALYSIS;

HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 52349112910     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802029581     Document Type: Letter

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