Specimen collection for the diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia

Laura L Hammitt; David R. Murdoch; J. Anthony G Scott; Amanda Driscoll; Ruth A Karron; Orin S. Levine; Katherine L O'Brien

doi:10.1093/cid/cir1068

Specimen collection for the diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia

Laura L Hammitt, David R. Murdoch, J. Anthony G Scott, Amanda Driscoll, Ruth A Karron, Orin S. Levine, Katherine L O'Brien

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abstract

Diagnosing the etiologic agent of pneumonia has an essential role in ensuring the most appropriate and effective therapy for individual patients and is critical to guiding the development of treatment and prevention strategies. However, establishing the etiology of pneumonia remains challenging because of the relative inaccessibility of the infected tissue and the difficulty in obtaining samples without contamination by upper respiratory tract secretions. Here, we review the published and unpublished literature on various specimens available for the diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia. We discuss the advantages and limitations of each specimen, and discuss the rationale for the specimens to be collected for the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health study. 2012 The Author.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	54
Issue number	SUPPL. 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir1068
Publication status	Published - Apr 1 2012

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Microbiology (medical)

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Hammitt, L. L., Murdoch, D. R., Scott, J. A. G., Driscoll, A., Karron, R. A., Levine, O. S., & O'Brien, K. L. (2012). Specimen collection for the diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 54(SUPPL. 2). https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir1068

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