The role of postmortem studies in Pneumonia etiology research

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Turner, Gareth D H ^a,h   Bunthi, Charatdao ^b   Wonodi, Chizoba B ^c   Morpeth, Susan C ^d,h   Molyneux, Catherine S ^d   Zaki, Sherif R ^e   Levine, Orin S ^c   Murdoch, David R ^f,g   Scott, J Anthony G ^d,h  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^g CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL CULTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHICS; HISTOLOGY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING ERROR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AUTOPSY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PNEUMONIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84858124708     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir1062     Document Type: Article

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