Point-of-care testing for community-acquired pneumonia

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 647-649

  Drancourt, Michel ^a   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^b   Summersgill, James T ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; MACROLIDE; PROCALCITONIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CORE LABORATORY; CORONAVIRUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTENSIVE CARE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LETTER; MIXED INFECTION; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CALCITONIN; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84880682300     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70165-8     Document Type: Letter

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