Lower Respiratory Tract Virus Findings in Mechanically Ventilated Patients With Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia
: Karhu J, Ala-Kokko TI, Vuorinen T, Ohtonen P, Syrjälä H
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
: 2014
: Clinical Infectious Diseases
: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
: CLIN INFECT DIS
: 59
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: 1058-4838
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu237
Conclusions. Viral findings were demonstrated in almost half of the SCAP patients. Clinical characteristics were similar between the pure bacterial and mixed bacterial-viral infections groups. The frequency of viral detection depends on the availability of PCR techniques and lower respiratory specimens.