Determining the microbiological cause of a chest infection

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 193-197

  Clark, Julia E ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LUNG ASPIRATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PLEURA FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM SMEAR; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; THROAT CULTURE; URINALYSIS; BLOOD; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84921493675     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305742     Document Type: Review

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