The effect of antibiotic exposure and specimen volume on the detection of bacterial pathogens in children with pneumonia

The effect of antibiotic exposure and specimen volume on the detection of bacterial pathogens in children with pneumonia

<h4>Background</h4> <p>Antibiotic exposure and specimen volume are known to affect pathogen detection by culture. Here we assess their effects on bacterial pathogen detection by both culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in children.</p> <h4>Methods</h4> &l...

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Principais autores: Driscoll, AJ, Knoll, M, Hammitt, LL, Baggett, HC, Brooks, WA, Feikin, DR, Kotloff, KL, Levine, OS, Madhi, SA, O’Brien, KL, Scott, JAG, Thea, DM, Howie, SRC, Adrian, PV, Ahmed, D, DeLuca, AN, Ebruke, BE, Gitahi, C, Higdon, MM, Kaewpan, A, Karani, A, Karron, RA, Mazumder, R, McLellan, J, Moore, DP, Mwananyanda, L, Park, DE, Prosperi, C, Rhodes, J, Saifullah, M, Seidenberg, P, Sow, SO, Tamboura, B, Zeger, SL, Murdoch, DR
Formato: Journal article
Publicado em: Oxford University Press 2017

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