Quantitative detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae from sputum samples with real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction for etiologic diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia
Johansson N;Kalin M;Giske CG;Hedlund J;;
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease2008Vol. 60pp. -
249
n2008diagnosticquantitative
Abstract
We assessed the clinical usefulness of a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RQ-PCR) method applied on sputum samples to identify Streptococcus pneumoniae in 184 consecutive patients admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia. Induced sputum samples were analyzed by culture …