The role of viruses in the aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia in adults

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2006
PCR revealed that viruses represent a common aetiology of CAP. There is an urgent need to reconsider routine laboratory tests for an adequate diagnosis of respiratory viruses, as clinical characteristics are unable to reliably distinguish viral from bacterial aetiology.
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Authors Angeles Marcos M;Camps M;Pumarola T;Antonio Martinez J;Martinez E;Mensa J;Garcia E;Peñarroja G;Dambrava P;Casas I;Jiménez de Anta MT;Torres A;;
Journal antiviral therapy
Year 2006
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16759052
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't female male aged middle aged 80 and over Incidence Antigens Viral / analysis pneumonia fluorescent antibody technique virus cultivation community-acquired infections / epidemiology* community-acquired infections / diagnosis viral / diagnosis virus diseases / diagnosis reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction virus diseases / virology viral / epidemiology* virus diseases / epidemiology viruses / genetics viral / virology* community-acquired infections / virology* nasopharynx / virology viruses / classification viruses / isolation & purification* antoni torres pmid:16759052 maria angeles marcos marta camps specimen handling / methods

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