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Screening of Pneumococcal Pneumonia by Amplification of Pneumolysin Gene in Children Visiting Hospitals in Lahore, Pakistan

OBJECTIVE: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a common worldwide potential pathogen causing pneumonia among children and the detection of pneumococcal infections by conventional culturing techniques is cumbersome. The present study describes a comparative analysis of sensitive nested-PCR and bacterial cult...

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Autores principales:	Saleem, Mahjabeen, Naz, Mamoona, Waris, Asma, Muneer, Bushra, Khurshid, Rukhshan
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3533155/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23430764

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