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lytA Quantitative PCR on Sputum and Nasopharyngeal Swab Samples for Detection of Pneumococcal Pneumonia among the Elderly
Real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay of sputum or nasopharyngeal specimens has shown promising results in the detection of pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia (PncCAP). We applied qPCR for the autolysin gene (lytA) and compared sputum and nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) pneumococcal loads in elde...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5744198/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29118170 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01231-17 |