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Value of pneumococcal PCR in respiratory samples for exclusion of pneumococcal pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae is the main aetiological agent in bacterial pneumonia. Therefore pneumococcal PCR is often included in respiratory multiplex PCR panels, both commercial and in-house. But respiratory PCR results for S. pneumoniae are difficult to interpret due to frequent non-pat...

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Autores principales: Van Goethem, Sam, Van Lint, Philippe, Willems, Philippe, Van Herendael, Bruno, Hoet, Katrien
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10629468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37941720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad115