Clinical utility of PCR for common viruses in acute respiratory illness.

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Published in Pediatrics on February 24, 2014

Authors

Samuel Rhedin1, Ann Lindstrand, Maria Rotzén-Östlund, Thomas Tolfvenstam, Lars Ohrmalm, Malin Ryd Rinder, Benita Zweygberg-Wirgart, Ake Ortqvist, Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Kristina Broliden, Pontus Naucler

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine Solna, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden;

Associated clinical trials:

Trial of Respiratory Infections in Children for Enhanced Diagnostics (TREND) | NCT03233516

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