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Shannon M Nielsen1, Paola J Fonseca-Romero2, Mandy Dickey3
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
|September 24, 2026
Abstract:
Parapneumonic empyema (PPE) is a serious and increasingly reported complication of bacterial pneumonia in children. Molecular diagnostics have been shown to improve pathogen identification in this disease. The BioFire® FilmArray® Pneumonia Panel increased pathogen identification in pediatric PPE and quantification was associated with positive culture.
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