Potential use of serum based quantitative real-time PCR for the detection of pneumonia pathogens in a densely colonised population

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Molecular methods offer improvement in the detection of causative pneumonia pathogens, but there are concerns of false positive results. Here we validate quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) assays for the de...

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Main Authors: Jana Y R Lai, Michael J Binks, Mirjam Kaestli, Amanda J Leach, Heidi C Smith-Vaughan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:Pneumonia
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Online Access:https://pneumonia.org.au/index.php/pneumonia/article/view/209