Objective. To describe the characteristics of serologically diagnosed pneumococcal
pneumonia and compare them with those of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) pneumonia …

Viral and bacterial antigen and antibody assays were prospectively applied to study the
microbial actiology of community-acquired pneumonia in 195 hospitalised children during a …

Streptococcus pneumoniae infection was indicated serologically in 84 (19%) of 449 children
hospitalized with middle or lower respiratory tract infection. Pneumococcal antigen was …

The role of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the etiology of respiratory tract infections has been
studied serologically using microbe-specific antibody and immune complex assays …

Background. In recent years serologic methods have been applied to assess pneumococcal
etiology of pneumonia and other respiratory tract infections. Antigen and antibody assays …

The aim of the study was to assess age‐specific incidences of community‐acquired
pneumonia (CAP) caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and diagnosed serologically in a …

Blood-based pneumolysin PCR was compared to blood culture and detection of
pneumolysin immune complexes, as well as to detection of antibodies to pneumolysin and …

Hospital records of 116 children under 5 years of age discharged from 11 hospitals in three
regions in England with a diagnosis of lobar (pneumococcal) pneumonia were reviewed to …

Background. The aim of this study was to use real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)
on blood samples to diagnose and serotype pneumococcal infection in a large cohort of …

A prospective study of 154 consecutive high-risk hospitalized children with lower respiratory
infections was conducted to determine the clinical utility of a pneumolysin-based …