Development of multiplex real-time PCR for the rapid detection of five bacterial causes of community acquired pneumonia

• Main Authors: Mahmud, Mohammed Imad A., Al-Marzooq, Farah, How, Soon Hin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2011
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/10716/1/545_-_556_Farah_Al-Marzooq.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/10716/; http://www.msptm.org/journal.html

Establishing a microbial diagnosis for patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is still challenging and is often achieved in only 30-50% of cases. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been shown to be more sensitive than conventional microbiological methods and it could help to increase t...