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Community-Acquired
Reports summarize community-acquired study results from B. Diederen and co-researchers
February 10th, 2009
According to a study from Netherlands, "We conducted a study on throat swabs obtained from a group of hospitalized patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Throat swab specimens from 242 adults admitted to hospital with CAP were tested." "In total, 1 or more aetiological agents were identified by real-time PCR in 55 (23%) patients. The most frequently detected pathogens were coronavirus (17%), parainfluenza virus (6%) and influenza virus (4%). Overall, viral pathogens were identified by conventional techniques in 7 (2%) patients, and real-time PCR in 50 (21%) patients (p <0.0001). The diagnostic yield increased from 137 cases (57% of patients using...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-02-10)
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