Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for Microbiological Diagnosis of Parapneumonic Effusions in Canadian Children
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Jeffrey M Pernica; Ioana Moldovan; Francis Chan; Robert Slinger
- Source
- Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Vol 25, Iss 3, Pp 151-154 (2014)
- Subject
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Microbiology
QR1-502
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1712-9532
BACKGROUND: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) complicated by parapneumonic effusion/empyema is an infectious syndrome commonly encountered by physicians caring for children in Canada.