Predicting Pneumococcal Community‐Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department Evaluation of clinical parameters

ConclusionClinical criteria have insufficient diagnostic capacity to predict pneumococcal CAP. Rapid antigen detecting tests are needed to diagnose S. pneumoniae at the time of hospital admission.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection - June 30, 2014 Category: Microbiology Authors: Susanne M. Huijts, Wim G. Boersma, Diederick E. Grobbee, William C. Gruber, Kathrin U. Jansen, Jan A.J.W. Kluytmans, Bart A.F. Kuipers, Fernand Palmen, Michael W. Pride, Chris Webber, Marc J.M. Bonten, Tags: Original Article Source Type: research