Is quantitative PCR for the pneumolysin (ply) gene useful for detection of pneumococcal lower respiratory tract infection?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 565-570

  Abdeldaim, G ^a   Herrmann, B ^a   Korsgaard, J ^b   Olcen P ^c   Blomberg, J ^a   Strålin, Kristoffer ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; PCR; Pneumolysin; Pneumonia; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIGEN; PNEUMOLYSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 67651012770     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02714.x     Document Type: Article

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