Diagnostic value of serum pneumococcal DNA load during invasive pneumococcal infections

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1119-1124

  Cremers, A J H ^a   Hagen, F ^b   Hermans, P W M ^a,c   Meis, J F ^a,b   Ferwerda, G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c CRUCELL HOLLAND BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; PERITONITIS; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BLOOD; EVALUATION STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

EID: 84903817494     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2050-x     Document Type: Article

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