Investigation of etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized patients in a tertiary hospital of São Paulo City, Brazil

Investigation of etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized patients in a tertiary hospital of São Paulo City, Brazil

Background: Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is the primary cause of hospitalization in the United States and the third leading cause of death in Brazil. The gold standard for diagnosing the etiology of CAP includes blood culture, Gram-stained sputum, and sputum culture. However, these methods hav...

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Main Authors: Daniel Joelsons, MD, PhD, Cecília Salete Alencar, PhD, João Renato Rebello Pinho, MD, PhD, Yeh-Li Ho, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-11-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Community-acquired pneumonia
Severe pneumonia
Brazil
Etiology
Multiplex polymerase chain reaction
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867023009509

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