[The immunological and molecular diagnostics of respiratory tract infections].
Diagnostic strategies in upper and lower respiratory tract infections include conventional procedures and the new molecular tools. Serology plays a role in certain viral and atypical infections of lower respiratory track but is not reliable in small children and in immunocompromised subjects. Antigen detection can be also carried out. If a potential pathogen is non detectable by simply assay or in severe or complicated lower respiratory tract infections, the use of molecular tools is highly indicated.
Zakład Diagnostyki Laboratoryjnej i Immunologii Klinicznej Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego.
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D000328:Adult; D001295:Atypical Bacterial Forms / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods; D057089:Pathology, Molecular; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*