Evaluation of pneumococcal load in blood by polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in young children in the PERCH Study

Evaluation of pneumococcal load in blood by polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in young children in the PERCH Study

Background. Detection of pneumococcus by lytA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in blood had poor diagnostic accuracy for diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia in children in 9 African and Asian sites. We assessed the value of blood lytA quantification in diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia. Methods. The Pn...

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Main Authors: Knoll, M, Morpeth, SC, Scott, JAG, Watson, NL, Park, DE, Baggett, HC, Brooks, WA, Feikin, DR, Hammitt, LL, Howie, SRC, Kotloff, KL, Levine, OS, O’Brien, KL, Thea, DM, Ahmed, D, Antonio, M, Awori, JO, Baillie, VL, Chipeta, J, Deluca, AN, Dione, M, Driscoll, AJ, Higdon, MM, Jatapai, A, Karron, RA, Mazumder, R, Moore, DP, Mwansa, J, Nyongesa, S, Prosperi, C, Seidenberg, P, Siludjai, D, Sow, SO, Tamboura, B, Zeger, SL, Murdoch, DR, Madhi, SA
格式: Journal article
出版: Oxford University Press 2017

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