Viral infection in community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The advent of PCR has improved the identification of viruses in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Several studies have used PCR to establish the importance of viruses in the aetiology of CAP. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of the studies that reported the proporti...

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Main Authors: Michael Burk, Karim El-Kersh, Mohamed Saad, Timothy Wiemken, Julio Ramirez, Rodrigo Cavallazzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2016-06-01
Series:European Respiratory Review
Online Access:http://err.ersjournals.com/content/25/140/178.full