Community‐Acquired Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Children: Diagnosis and Serotyping by Real‐Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Using Blood Samples | Zendy

Massimo Resti | Zendy; Maria Moriondo | Zendy; Martina Cortimiglia | Zendy; Giuseppe Indolfi | Zendy; Clementina Canessa | Zendy; Laura Becciolini | Zendy; Elisa Bartolini | Zendy; Fernando M. de Benedictis | Zendy; Maurizio de Martino | Zendy; Chiara Azzari | Zendy

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Community‐Acquired Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Children: Diagnosis and Serotyping by Real‐Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Using Blood Samples

Author(s) -

Massimo Resti,

Maria Moriondo,

Martina Cortimiglia,

Giuseppe Indolfi,

Clementina Canessa,

Laura Becciolini,

Elisa Bartolini,

Fernando M. de Benedictis,

Maurizio de Martino,

Chiara Azzari

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/656579

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , streptococcus pneumoniae , odds ratio , bacteremia , community acquired pneumonia , confidence interval , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , blood culture , serotype , pneumococcal pneumonia , empyema , gastroenterology , immunology , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology

The aim of this study was to use real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on blood samples to diagnose and serotype pneumococcal infection in a large cohort of Italian children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia.

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