Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction in Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Identifying Respiratory Bacteria Causing Community-Acquired Pneumonia
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DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00379-22
Abstract: Timely identification of a pathogen in patients with lower respiratory tract infections is of paramount importance to avoid inappropriate antibiotic prescription. We aimed to evaluate the performance of a rapid syndromic molecular assay in nasopharyngeal… read more here.
Keywords: lower respiratory; influenzae; tract infections; filmarray ... See more keywords