Background. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a leading cause of pediatric
hospitalization. Pathogen identification fails in approximately 20% of children but is critical …

Background Nasopharyngeal swabs are taken to determine the causative agent of
community acquired pneumonia (CAP), while the reliability of upper respiratory tract …

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of mortality in children under 5
years of age globally. To improve the management of CAP, we must distinguish CAP from …

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

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death in children< 5 years of
age worldwide. It is also one of the most frequent infectious diseases in children, leading to …

Several studies examining the incidence of viral infection in childhood community‐acquired
pneumonia (CAP) utilizing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or real‐time PCR methods …

Background The management of children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is
largely influenced by the development of new molecular diagnostic tests that allow the …

Both molecular and serological assays have been used previously to determine the etiology
of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). However, the extent to which these methods are …

We have developed a real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) method to detect 13
respiratory viruses: influenza virus A and B; respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) subgroup A and …

Background Pneumonia is the leading cause of mortality in pediatric population. The
etiology of pneumonia in this population is variable and changes according to age and …