Quantitative detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae from sputum samples with real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction for etiologic diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia

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We assessed the clinical usefulness of a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RQ-PCR) method applied on sputum samples to identify Streptococcus pneumoniae in 184 consecutive patients admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia. Induced sputum samples were analyzed by culture …
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Authors Johansson N;Kalin M;Giske CG;Hedlund J;;
Journal Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
Year 2008
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't adult female male adolescent aged middle aged Comparative Study 80 and over Evaluation Study Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods* pneumonia pneumococcal / diagnosis* streptococcus pneumoniae / genetics streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification* community-acquired infections / microbiology* community-acquired infections / diagnosis* sputum / microbiology* pharynx / microbiology blood / microbiology pneumococcal / microbiology* streptococcus pneumoniae / growth & development urine / microbiology pmid:18036762 doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.10.011 niclas johansson mats kalin jonas hedlund

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