Pneumococcal diagnosis and serotypes in childhood community-acquired pneumonia

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-132

  Elemraid, Mohamed A ^a,b   Sails, Andrew D ^c   Thomas, Matthew F ^a,d   Rushton, Stephen P ^d   Perry, John D ^a   Eltringham, Gary J A ^c   Spencer, David A ^a   Eastham, Katherine M ^e   Hampton, Fiona ^f   Gennery, Andrew R ^a,b   Clark, Julia E ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Paediatrics; Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; Pneumonia; Serotype; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Urinary pneumococcal antigen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE 7; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 84877801643     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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