Culture versus polymerase chain reaction for the etiologic diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia in antibiotic-pretreated pediatric patients

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-55

  Deng, Jikui ^a   Zheng, Yuejie ^b   Zhao, Ruizhen ^b   Wright, Peter F ^b   Stratton, Charles W ^b   Tang, Yi Wei ^b,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

community acquired pneumonia; etiology; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 66149152985     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181817bd2     Document Type: Article

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