Specificity of a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of invasive pneumococcal disease: identifying streptococcus pneumoniae using quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Chest. 2010 Jan;137(1):243-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.09-2185.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / microbiology
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / microbiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / standards*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sputum / microbiology
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / genetics*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial