Detection of pneumonia associated pathogens using a prototype multiplexed pneumonia test in hospitalized patients with severe pneumonia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Schulte, Berit ^a,b   Eickmeyer, Holm ^c   Heininger, Alexandra ^b,d   Juretzek, Stephanie ^e   Karrasch, Matthias ^e   Denis, Olivier ^f   Roisin, Sandrine ^f   Pletz, Mathias W ^e   Klein, Matthias ^g   Barth, Sandra ^g   Lüdke, Gerd H ^g   Thews, Anne ^g   Torres, Antoni ^h,i   Cillóniz, Catia ^h,i   Straube, Eberhard ^e   Autenrieth, Ingo B ^a,b   Keller, Peter M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b German Center for Research in Infectious Disease (DZIF)   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^g Curetis AG   (Germany)

^h HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROBACTER; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG ASPIRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PNEUMONIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911922078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110566     Document Type: Article

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