Co-infection with respiratory syncytial virus subgroup A and streptococcus pneumoniae detected by a comprehensive real-time polymerase chain reaction assay in an elderly patient with community-acquired pneumonia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1711-1713

  Takahashi, Takashi ^a   Morozumi, Miyuki ^b   Chiba, Naoko ^b   Asami, Ryoko ^a   Kishii, Kozue ^b   Murayama, Somay Y ^b   Ubukata, Kimiko ^b  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Treatment Corporation   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 69549126277     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02422.x     Document Type: Letter

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