Polymerase-chain-reaction-based diagnosis of viral pulmonary infections in immunocompromised children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Kadmon, Gili ^a   Levy, Itzhak ^a   Mandelboim, Michal ^b   Nahum, Elhanan ^a   Stein, Jerry ^a   Dovrat, Sara ^b   Schonfeld, Tommy ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Immunodeficiency; Pneumonia; Polymerase chain reaction; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID ANTIGEN TEST; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877583475     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12207     Document Type: Article

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