Progress in research of detection assay for pathogens causing community acquirerd pneumonia / 中华流行病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common respiratory infectious disease.The etiologic diagnosis of CAP remains an uneasy task.Early etiologic diagnosis is critical for proper treatment and might improve the prognosis.So,it is important to identify pathogens causing CAP in early time and accurate way with sensitive and effective method.This paper summarizes the recent progress in the research of the detection assay for CAP.