PCR can add to detection of pneumococcal disease in pneumonic patients receiving antibiotics at admission

MeSH terms

• Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
• Bacteremia / diagnosis*
• DNA, Bacterial / blood*
• Humans
• Pneumococcal Infections / diagnosis*
• Pneumococcal Infections / drug therapy*
• Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / diagnosis*
• Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / drug therapy
• Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
• Reproducibility of Results
• Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification*