Improvement of pneumococcal pneumonia diagnostics by the use of rt-PCR on plasma and respiratory samples

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 731-737

  Spik, Vesna Cvitkovic ^a   Beovic, Bojana ^b   Pokorn, Marko ^b   Drole Torkar, Ana ^b   Vidmar, Darja ^b   Papst, Lea ^b   Seme, Katja ^a   Kogoj, Rok ^a   Müller Premru, Manica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Blood and respiratory samples; Children and adults; Culture; Pneumococcal pneumonia; Rt PCR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NASOPHARYNX; PLASMA; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884394307     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2013.804631     Document Type: Article

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