title: Expanding the diagnosis of pediatric bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia from blood cultures to molecular methods: advantages and caveats.
authors.forename: Mário
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Melo-Cristino
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012703:Serotyping / Q000379:methods; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification