Parapneumonic effusion in children: Rapid pathogen detection in pleural fluid using multiplex bacterial PCR

Acta Paediatr. 2023 Jul;112(7):1555-1557. doi: 10.1111/apa.16768. Epub 2023 Mar 31.

Authors

Ulrikka Nygaard^{1

2}, Nikolai Søren Kirkby³, Joakim Bloch¹, Naqash Javaid Sethi¹, Alex Christian Yde Nielsen³, Anja Poulsen¹, Frederik Buchvald¹, Marie-Louise von Linstow¹, Nadja Hawwa Vissing¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
³ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 36946411
DOI: 10.1111/apa.16768

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Bacteria
Child
Empyema, Pleural*
Humans
Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
Pleural Effusion* / diagnosis

Grants and funding

0176-00020B/Innovationsfonden