Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae Type B by Real-Time PCR from Dried Blood Spot Samples among Children with Pneumonia: A Useful Approach for Developing Countries

Two Decades of Experience With the Haemophilus influenzae Serotype b Conjugate Vaccine in the United Kingdom

(2012) Shamez N. Ladhani   CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS

When Co-colonizing the Nasopharynx Haemophilus influenzae Predominates Over Streptococcus pneumoniae Except Serotype 19A Strains to Cause Acute Otitis Media

(2012) Qingfu Xu et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Associations between Pathogens in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Young Children: Interplay between Viruses and Bacteria

(2012) Menno R. van den Bergh et al.   PLoS One

Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as predictors of blood culture positivity among hospitalised children with severe pneumonia in Mozambique

(2012) N. Díez-Padrisa et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

Vaccination with Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine reduces bacterial meningitis in Morocco

(2012) Mohamed Braikat et al.   VACCINE

Application of Polymerase Chain Reaction to Detect HIV-1 DNA in Pools of Dried Blood Spots

(2011) Vemu Lakshmi et al.   INDIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

The use of real-time PCR to detect hepatitis C virus RNA in dried blood spots from Brazilian patients infected chronically

(2011) Carlos Santos et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS

PCR Improves Diagnostic Yield from Lung Aspiration in Malawian Children with Radiologically Confirmed Pneumonia

(2011) Enitan D. Carrol et al.   PLoS One

Incorporation of Real-Time PCR into Routine Public Health Surveillance of Culture Negative Bacterial Meningitis in São Paulo, Brazil

(2011) Claudio T. Sacchi et al.   PLoS One

The Impact of Vaccination on Rhinosinusitis and Otitis Media

(2010) Michael S. Benninger et al.   CURRENT ALLERGY AND ASTHMA REPORTS

DNA bacterial load in children and adolescents with pneumococcal pneumonia and empyema

(2010) Carmen Muñoz-Almagro et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Dried Blood Spot Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays to Screen Newborns for Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection

(2010) Suresh B. Boppana   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

HIV-1 and HCV detection in dried blood spots by SYBR Green multiplex real-time RT-PCR

(2010) Elisa De Crignis et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS

Invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in children less than 5 years of age in Manhiça, a rural area of southern Mozambique

(2010) Anna Roca et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

Burden of disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b in children younger than 5 years: global estimates

(2009) James P Watt et al.   LANCET

Pediatric parapneumonic pleural effusion: Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and microbiological diagnosis

(2009) Susanna Hernández-Bou et al.   PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY

Identification of pneumococcal serotypes from culture-negative clinical specimens by novel real-time PCR

(2008) D. Tarragó et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Haemophilus influenzaetype b vaccine impact in resource-poor settings in Asia and Africa

(2008) Bradford D Gessner   Expert Review of Vaccines

Pneumonia research to reduce childhood mortality in the developing world

(2008) J. Anthony G. Scott et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION