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The Effect of Antibiotic Exposure and Specimen Volume on the Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Children With Pneumonia
BACKGROUND. Antibiotic exposure and specimen volume are known to affect pathogen detection by culture. Here we assess their effects on bacterial pathogen detection by both culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in children. METHODS. PERCH (Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health) is a case...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5447850/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28575366 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix101 |