Accuracy of comprehensive PCR analysis of nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs for CT-scan-confirmed pneumonia in elderly patients: a prospective cohort study

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to assess the accuracy of PCR detection of viruses and bacteria on nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs (NPS) for the diagnosis of pneumonia in elderly individuals. METHODS: We included consecutive hospitalized elderly individuals suspected of having pneumonia. At inclusion, N...

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I publikationen:Clin Microbiol Infect
Huvudupphovsmän: Prendki, V., Huttner, B., Marti, C., Mamin, A., Fubini, P.E., Meynet, M.P., Scheffler, M., Montet, X., Janssens, J.P., Reny, J.L., Kaiser, L., Garin, N., Stirnemann, J.
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 2019
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Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7172172/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30641227
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2018.12.037
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