Pneumococcal Colonization Rates in Patients Admitted to a United Kingdom Hospital with Lower Respiratory Tract Infection: a Prospective Case-Control Study

Current diagnostic tests are ineffective for identifying the etiological pathogen in hospitalized adults with lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs). The association of pneumococcal colonization with disease has been suggested as a means to increase the diagnostic precision. We compared the pneu...

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Autores principales: Collins, Andrea M., Johnstone, Catherine M. K., Gritzfeld, Jenna F., Banyard, Antonia, Hancock, Carole A., Wright, Angela D., Macfarlane, Laura, Ferreira, Daniela M., Gordon, Stephen B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2016
Materias:
Bacteriology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4809940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26791364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02008-15

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4809940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26791364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02008-15

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