Clinical impact of pleural fluid Streptococcus pneumoniae PCR testing in children with complicated pneumonia.
Erin C HoKaitlin E OlsonMolly ButlerMeghan BirkholzKristen MillerChristine E MacBrayneSarah JungKevin MessacarEdwin J AsturiasSamuel R DominguezPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)
Spn molecular testing of pleural fluid in children with cCAP resulted in significantly more microbiologic diagnoses and was associated with the optimization of antibiotics and decreased exposure to MRSA therapy, suggesting its clinical impact for pediatric complicated pneumonia.