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Lack of Utility of Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei Pneumonia in Paediatric Patients
Diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei pneumonia in children is challenging. We investigated the utility of nasopharyngeal swabs taken from 194 paediatric patients on admission with radiologically proven pneumonia. Melioidosis was proven in 0.5% of samples tested and only in a third of those known t...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4998522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26874977 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmv109 |