Community acquired infections in adult and elderly airways; an evaluation of diagnostic harvesting techniques
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Paper I: Hernes SS, Hagen E, Tofteland S, Finsen NT, Christensen A, Giske CG, Bakke PS, Bjorvatn B. (2010). Transthoracic fine-needle aspiration in the aetiological diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 16(7), 909- 911. The article is not available in BORA due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03000.xPaper II: Hernes SS, Quarsten H, Hagen E, Lyngroth AL, Pripp AH, Bjorvatn B, Bakke PS (2011) Swabbing for respiratory viral infections in older patients: a comparison of rayon and nylon flocked swabs. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 30 (2):159-165. The article is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/1956/4549
Paper III: Hernes SS, Quarsten H, Hamre R, Hagen E, Bjorvatn B, Bakke PS (2013) A comparison of nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabbing for the detection of influenza virus by real-time PCR. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 32 (3):381-385. The article is not available in BORA due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-012-1753-0
Paper IV: Hernes SS, Hagen E, Quarsten H, Bjorvatn B, Bakke PS No impact of early real time PCR screening for respiratory viruses on length of stay and use of antibiotics in elderly patients hospitalized with symptoms of a respiratory tract infection. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 33 (3):359-364. The article is not available in BORA due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-013-1963-0