Evaluation of yield of currently available diagnostics by sample type to optimize detection of respiratory pathogens in patients with a community-acquired pneumonia

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 243-249

  Huijskens, Elisabeth G W ^a,b   Rossen, John W A ^c   Kluytmans, Jan A J W ^a,d,e   van der Zanden, Adri G M ^f   Koopmans, Marion ^g,h  

^a CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Public Health   (Netherlands)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Oropharyngeal swabs; Real time PCR; Respiratory virus; Sputum samples; Yield

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; OROPHARYNGEAL SWABS; REAL-TIME PCR; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; SPUTUM SAMPLES; YIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894464168     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12153     Document Type: Article

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