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Assessment of the Usefulness of Multiplex Real-Time PCR Tests in the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Process of Pneumonia in Hospitalized Children: A Single-Center Experience
Joint Authors
Jończyk-Potoczna, Katarzyna
Sobkowiak, Paulina
Gowin, Ewelina
Bartkowska-Śniatkowska, Alicja
Wysocka-Leszczyńska, Joanna
Bobkowski, Waldemar
Fichna, Piotr
Mazur-Melewska, Katarzyna
Bręborowicz, Anna
Wysocki, Jacek
Januszkiewicz-Lewandowska, Danuta
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-01-15
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The aim of the study was assessment of the usefulness of multiplex real-time PCR tests in the diagnostic and therapeutic process in children hospitalized due to pneumonia and burdened with comorbidities.
Methods.
The study group included 97 children hospitalized due to pneumonia at the Karol Jonscher Teaching Hospital in Poznań, in whom multiplex real-time PCR tests (FTD respiratory pathogens 33; fast-track diagnostics) were used.
Results.
Positive test results of the test were achieved in 74 patients (76.3%).
The average age in the group was 56 months.
Viruses were detected in 61 samples (82% of all positive results); bacterial factors were found in 29 samples (39% of all positive results).
The presence of comorbidities was established in 90 children (92.78%).
On the basis of the obtained results, 5 groups of patients were established: viral etiology of infection, 34 patients; bacterial etiology, 7 patients; mixed etiology, 23 patients; pneumocystis, 9 patients; and no etiology diagnosed, 24 patients.
Conclusions.
Our analysis demonstrated that the participation of viruses in causing severe lung infections is significant in children with comorbidities.
Multiplex real-time PCR tests proved to be more useful in establishing the etiology of pneumonia in hospitalized children than the traditional microbiological examinations.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gowin, Ewelina& Bartkowska-Śniatkowska, Alicja& Jończyk-Potoczna, Katarzyna& Wysocka-Leszczyńska, Joanna& Bobkowski, Waldemar& Fichna, Piotr…[et al.]. 2017. Assessment of the Usefulness of Multiplex Real-Time PCR Tests in the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Process of Pneumonia in Hospitalized Children: A Single-Center Experience. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1138875
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gowin, Ewelina…[et al.]. Assessment of the Usefulness of Multiplex Real-Time PCR Tests in the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Process of Pneumonia in Hospitalized Children: A Single-Center Experience. BioMed Research International No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1138875
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gowin, Ewelina& Bartkowska-Śniatkowska, Alicja& Jończyk-Potoczna, Katarzyna& Wysocka-Leszczyńska, Joanna& Bobkowski, Waldemar& Fichna, Piotr…[et al.]. Assessment of the Usefulness of Multiplex Real-Time PCR Tests in the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Process of Pneumonia in Hospitalized Children: A Single-Center Experience. BioMed Research International. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1138875
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1138875