Species-Specific PCR Improves Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Parapneumonic Empyema Compared with 16S PCR and Culture

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• Alternative Title:
  Pediatr Infect Dis J
• Personal Author:
  Blaschke, Anne J. ; Heyrend, Caroline ; Rankin, Shelley C. ; Byington, Carrie L. ; Ampofo, Krow ; McGowan, Karin L. ; Pavia, Andrew T. ; Harris, Mary C. ; Shah, Samir S.
• Subjects:
  Article Bacteria Bacterial/*complications/*epidemiology Bacterial Infections Child Child, Preschool Empyema Empyema, Pleural Humans Molecular Diagnostics Molecular Diagnostic Techniques Pleural Streptococcus Pneumoniae Pneumococcal Pneumonia Pneumonia, Bacterial Polymerase Chain Reaction Sensitivity And Specificity

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• Source:
  Pediatr Infect Dis J. 32(3):302-303.
• Pubmed ID:
  23558326
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3618625
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  1K23AI079401/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; 1R01 AI089489-01/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; 1U01AI082184-01/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; K01 AI073729/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; K01AI73729/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; K23 AI079401/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; K24 HD047249/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; K24HD047249-01/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; U18IP000303-01/IP/NCIRD CDC HHS/United States ; UL1RR024134/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States ; UL1RR025764/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  32
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a17a86328aff9c7076d23dcb06127c8d01ea9a4714c342d64f1aa2cef5401a70
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/29638/cdc_29638_DS1.pdf
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