title: Species-specific PCR improves detection of bacterial pathogens in parapneumonic empyema compared with 16S PCR and culture.
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authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Blaschke
authors.forename: Carrie L
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authors.lastname: Byington
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mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
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