New diagnostic tests for pneumonia: what is their role in clinical practice?
Title
New diagnostic tests for pneumonia: what is their role in clinical practice?
Creator
File Thomas M Jr
Publisher
Clinics in Chest Medicine
Date
2011
2011-09
Description
The utility of diagnostic studies to determine the etiologic agents of community-acquired pneumonia has been controversial in part because of the lack of rapid, accurate, easily performed, and cost-effective methods. Advancements in molecular testing methods and biological markers are becoming available with marked expansion of diagnostic capability for infectious diseases. Subsequent studies and clinical experience will clarify their real clinical value.
Subject
Antigens; Bacterial/*diagnosis/metabolism; Bacterial/urine; Calcitonin/blood; Community-Acquired Infections/*diagnosis/metabolism/*microbiology/virology; Humans; Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; Pneumonia; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Protein Precursors/blood; Viral/*diagnosis/metabolism
Identifier
Rights
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Citation
File Thomas M Jr, “New diagnostic tests for pneumonia: what is their role in clinical practice?,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed May 10, 2024, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/3518.