Detection of pneumococcal DNA in blood by polymerase chain reaction for diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia in young children From low- and middle-income countries
<h4>Background</h4> <p>We investigated the performance of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on blood in the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia among children from 7 low- and middle-income countries.</p> <h4>Methods</h4> <p>We tested blood by PCR for the pneu...
Main Authors: | Morpeth, SC, Knoll, M, Scott, JAG, Park, DE, Watson, NL, Baggett, HC, Brooks, WA, Feikin, DR, Hammitt, LL, Howie, SRC, Kotloff, KL, Levine, OS, Madhi, SA, O’Brien, KL, Thea, DM, Adrian, PV, Ahmed, D, Antonio, M, Bunthi, C, DeLuca, AN, Driscoll, AJ, Githua, LP, Higdon, MM, Kahn, G, Karani, A, Karron, RA, Kwenda, G, Makprasert, S, Mazumder, R, Moore, DP, Mwansa, J, Nyongesa, S, Prosperi, C, Sow, SO, Tamboura, B, Whistler, T, Zeger, SL, Murdoch, DR |
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Format: | Journal article |
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Oxford University Press
2017
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