The value of signs and symptoms in differentiating between bacterial, viral and mixed aetiology in patients with community-acquired pneumonia

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Current diagnostics for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) include testing for a wide range of pathogens, which is costly and not always informative. We compared clinical and laboratory parameters of patients with CAP caused by different groups of pathogens to evaluate the potential for targeted dia …
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Authors Huijskens EGW;Koopmans M;Palmen FMH;van Erkel AJM;Mulder PGH;Rossen JWA;;
Journal Journal of medical microbiology
Year 2014
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24344207
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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 female male age factors aged middle aged young adult Prospective Studies 80 and over severity of illness index community-acquired infections / microbiology pneumonia differential streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification* multivariate analysis viral / microbiology netherlands bacterial / diagnosis* bacterial / microbiology community-acquired infections / diagnosis* viral / diagnosis* reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction pmid:24344207 doi:10.1099/jmm.0.067108-0 elisabeth g w huijskens marion koopmans john w a rossen coinfection influenza a virus / isolation & purification*

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