Impact of rapid detection of viral and atypical bacterial pathogens by real-time polymerase chain reaction for patients with lower respiratory tract infection

National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine logistic models research support non-u.s. gov't adult female male aged middle aged Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study sensitivity and specificity Bacteria / genetics anti-bacterial agents / therapeutic use bacterial infections / microbiology multivariate analysis bacterial infections / diagnosis* bacteria / isolation & purification anti-infective agents bacterial infections / economics respiratory tract infections / drug therapy* respiratory tract infections / microbiology bacterial infections / drug therapy viruses / isolation & purification virus diseases / drug therapy polymerase chain reaction* virus diseases / virology respiratory tract infections / diagnosis* viruses / genetics marc j m bonten pmid:16231254 pmc7107964 doi:10.1086/497134 jan jelrik oosterheert anton m van loon respiratory tract infections / economics virus diseases / diagnosis* virus diseases / economics