Development of multiplex real-time PCR for the rapid detection of five bacterial causes of community acquired pneumonia
Establishing a microbial diagnosis for patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is still challenging and is often achieved in only 30-50% of cases. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been shown to be more sensitive than conventional microbiological methods and it could help to increase t...
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Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine
2011
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/10716/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/10716/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/10716/1/545_-_556_Farah_Al-Marzooq.pdf |