PCR can add to detection of pneumococcal disease in pneumonic patients receiving antibiotics at admission.
Wheeler
J
J
Murphy
O M
OM
Freeman
R
R
Kearns
A M
AM
Steward
M
M
Lee
M J
MJ
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial