Laboratory diagnostics are a core component of any pneumonia etiology study. Recent
advances in diagnostic technology have introduced newer methods that have greatly …

Abstract The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health study was conducted across 7
diverse research sites and relied on standardized clinical and laboratory methods for the …

Comprehensive microbiological testing will be a core function of the Pneumonia Etiology
Research for Child Health (PERCH) project. The development stage of PERCH provided the …

Despite tremendous advances in diagnostic laboratory technology, identifying the pathogen
(s) causing pneumonia remains challenging because the infected lung tissue cannot usually …

Pneumonia kills more children each year worldwide than any other disease. Nonetheless,
accurately determining the causes of childhood pneumonia has remained elusive. Over the …

Diagnosing the etiologic agent of pneumonia has an essential role in ensuring the most
appropriate and effective therapy for individual patients and is critical to guiding the …

Abstract The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) project is the largest
multicountry etiology study of childhood pneumonia since the Board on Science and …

Background. Variable adherence to standardized case definitions, clinical procedures,
specimen collection techniques, and laboratory methods has complicated the interpretation …

Abstract The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) project is a 7-country,
standardized, comprehensive evaluation of the etiologic agents causing severe pneumonia …

Background. Sputum examination can be useful in diagnosing the cause of pneumonia in
adults but is less well established in children. We sought to assess the diagnostic utility of …