| Literature DB >> 16455935 |
Kristoffer Strålin1, Eva Törnqvist, Margit Staum Kaltoft, Per Olcén, Hans Holmberg.
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Respiratory culture and multiplex PCR for Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Chlamydophila pneumoniae were applied to sputum, nasopharyngeal swabs, and nasopharyngeal aspirates from 235 adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia and 113 controls. Both culture and multiplex PCR performed well with the different samples and appear to be useful as diagnostic tools.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16455935 PMCID: PMC1392682 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.643-645.2006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948