Diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae Infections in Adults with Bacteremia and Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Clinical Comparison of Pneumococcal PCR and Urinary Antigen Detection

The diagnosis of severe Streptococcus pneumoniae infection relies heavily on insensitive culture techniques. To improve the usefulness of PCR assays, we developed a dual-PCR protocol (targeted at pneumolysin and autolysin) for EDTA blood samples. This was compared to the Binax NOW S. pneumoniae urin...

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Hauptverfasser: Smith, Michael D., Sheppard, Carmen L., Hogan, Angela, Harrison, Timothy G., Dance, David A. B., Derrington, Petra, George, Robert C.
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2009
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Bacteriology
Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2668348/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19225103
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01480-08
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