Syndromic testing for respiratory pathogens but not National Early Warning Score can be used to identify viral cause in hospitalised adults with lower respiratory tract infections.
Susanna BergbrantNicklas SundellLars-Magnus AnderssonMagnus LindhLars GustavssonJohan WestinPublished in: Infectious diseases (London, England) (2024)
Syndromic testing by a multiplex PCR panel identified a viral infection or viral/bacterial coinfection in a majority of hospitalised adult patients with community-acquired LRTIs.