title: Specificity of a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of invasive pneumococcal disease: identifying streptococcus pneumoniae using quantitative polymerase chain reaction.
authors.forename: Cordelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kee
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Fatovich
authors.forename: Silvano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palladino
authors.forename: Ian D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.forename: Todd M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Pryce
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flexman
authors.forename: Ronan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: Grant W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Waterer
mesh_terms: D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000592:standards*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial