Assessing the diagnostic accuracy of PCR-based detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae from nasopharyngeal swabs collected for viral studies in Canadian adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia: a Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS) Network of the Canadian Immunization Research (CIRN) study

STUDY DESIGN: Detection and serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae are important to assess the impact of pneumococcal vaccines. This study describes the diagnostic accuracy of PCR-based detection of S. pneumoniae directly from nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs collected for respiratory virus studies. METHOD...

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Autores principales: Gillis, Hayley D, Lang, Amanda L S, ElSherif, May, Martin, Irene, Hatchette, Todd F, McNeil, Shelly A, LeBlanc, Jason J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Research Methods
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5623389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28600368
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015008

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