Real-time fluorescence polymerase chain reaction (PCR) identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae from pleural fluid and tissue

Melinda D. Poulter From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Jaime G. Deville From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CaliforniaCorrespondence[email protected]

James D. Cherry From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Alan M. Shapiro From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

James C. Mcavin Molecular Epidemiology Branch, Epidemiological Surveillance Division, Air Force Institute for Environmental and Occupational Health Risk Analysis/Epidemiological Surveillance Division, Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas

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