Antibiotic treatment and the diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae in lower respiratory tract infections in adults

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2005
The diagnosis of infection with S. pneumoniae is very dependent on whether or not recent (within 2-4 weeks) or immediate (within 48 hours) antibiotic treatment has been given prior to microbiological sampling of patients. The results suggest an optimized diagnostic strategy with, if possible, sampli …
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Authors Korsgaard J;Møller JK;Kilian M;;
Journal International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
Year 2005
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16095941
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE diagnosis humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine adult Comparative Study Prospective Studies Antigens drug resistance Cohort Studies pneumonia pneumococcal / diagnosis* differential streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification* pneumococcal / drug therapy* hospitals anti-bacterial agents / administration & dosage* anti-bacterial agents / pharmacology* species specificity community-acquired infections / drug therapy* community-acquired infections / diagnosis* streptococcus pneumoniae / drug effects* pmid:16095941 doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2004.07.013 jens korsgaard jens k møller mogens kilian bacterial / urine bacterial capsules / urine denmark county

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