Katherine Loens

TL;DR: It is determined that reinfection with the same seasonal coronavirus occurred frequently at 12 months after infection, and insights from infections with the four seasonal human coronaviruses might reveal common characteristics applicable to all humans.

TL;DR: This minireview presents an overview of the optimal detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Mycoplasma pneumoniaE, Chlamydophila pneumoniae), Legionella pneumophila, and respiratory viruses from specimens in patients with community-associated (CA)-LRTI.

TL;DR: The NucliSens easyMAG is considerably easier to perform, efficiently extracts nucleic acids from throat swabs and whole blood, is automated, and has high throughput.

TL;DR: Mycoplasma pneumoniae is responsible for 10 to 20% of the cases of community-acquired pneumonia and has been associated with acute exacerbations of asthma ([22][1]], and is also implicated in mild acute respiratory infections.

TL;DR: A bacterial pathogen is identified in approximately one in five adult patients with LRTI in primary care, and a viral pathogen in just under half, with mixed infections in one in ten.