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Clinical Infectious Diseases
New clinical infectious diseases research from Emory University discussed
December 23rd, 2008
"Current diagnostic tests lack sensitivity for the identification of the bacterial etiology of pneumonia," investigators in the United States report. "Attempts during the past 2 decades to improve sensitivity of detection of bacterial constituents in blood by use of antibody-antigen complexes and polymerase chain reaction have been disappointing. Recent data using pneumococcal conjugate vaccines as probes suggest that increased levels of both C-reactive protein and procalcitonin may be useful adjuncts to chest radiographs in the selection of patients with presumed bacterial pneumonia for inclusion in clinical trials," wrote K.P. Klugman and colleagues, Emory...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-23)
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