Bacteriological assessment of healthcare-associated pneumonia using a clone library analysis.

Bacteriological assessment of healthcare-associated pneumonia using a clone library analysis.

The causative pathogens of healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) remain controversial, and the use of conventional cultivation of sputum samples is occasionally inappropriate due to the potential for oral bacterial contamination. It is also sometimes difficult to determine whether methicillin-resis...

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Main Authors: Shingo Noguchi, Hiroshi Mukae, Toshinori Kawanami, Kei Yamasaki, Kazumasa Fukuda, Kentarou Akata, Hiroshi Ishimoto, Hatsumi Taniguchi, Kazuhiro Yatera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4398420?pdf=render

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