Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for Microbiological Diagnosis of Parapneumonic Effusions in Canadian Children

Jeffrey M Pernica; Ioana Moldovan; Francis Chan; Robert Slinger

doi:10.1155/2014/757963

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2014)

Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for Microbiological Diagnosis of Parapneumonic Effusions in Canadian Children

Jeffrey M Pernica,
Ioana Moldovan,
Francis Chan,
Robert Slinger

Affiliations

Jeffrey M Pernica: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Disease, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Ioana Moldovan: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Microbiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Francis Chan: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Microbiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Robert Slinger: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Microbiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/757963
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25, no. 3
pp. 151 – 154

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) complicated by parapneumonic effusion/empyema is an infectious syndrome commonly encountered by physicians caring for children in Canada.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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