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We applied qPCR for the autolysin gene (\n            <jats:italic>lytA<\/jats:italic>\n            ) and compared sputum and nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) pneumococcal loads in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), and specifically in patients with PncCAP, to those in patient groups with other respiratory diseases. We studied patients aged \u226565 years with radiologically confirmed CAP, clinical CAP not retrospectively radiologically confirmed, other acute respiratory infections, or stable chronic lung disease. Pneumococcal etiology of CAP was ascertained by using a combination of multiple diagnostic methods. We analyzed sputum and NPS specimens by\n            <jats:italic>lytA<\/jats:italic>\n            qPCR with 10\n            <jats:sup>4<\/jats:sup>\n            pneumococcal genome equivalents (GE)\/ml as a cutoff for positivity. 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NPS\n            <jats:italic>lytA<\/jats:italic>\n            qPCR was less sensitive than sputum\n            <jats:italic>lytA<\/jats:italic>\n            qPCR in detecting PncCAP.\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1128\/jcm.01231-17","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,11,8]],"date-time":"2017-11-08T16:25:19Z","timestamp":1510158319000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/asmj-crossmark-policy-page","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["<i>lytA<\/i>\n            Quantitative PCR on Sputum and Nasopharyngeal Swab Samples for Detection of Pneumococcal Pneumonia among the Elderly"],"prefix":"10.1128","volume":"56","author":[{"given":"Annika","family":"Saukkoriipi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Arto A.","family":"Palmu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Tampere, Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thierry","family":"Pascal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"GSK, Wavre, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vincent","family":"Verlant","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"GSK, Wavre, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"William P.","family":"Hausdorff","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"GSK, Wavre, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jukka","family":"Jokinen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"235","reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jinf.2013.03.003"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1086\/319746"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jinf.2005.11.006"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9343(99)00050-9"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/cid\/civ1214"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/JCM.01480-08"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0060273"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/JCM.01742-13"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/JCM.01553-14"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/cid\/cir859"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_12_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3109\/00365548.2013.876509"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_13_2","first-page":"339","article-title":"Microscopic and bacteriologic analysis of expectorated sputum","volume":"50","author":"Murray PR","year":"1975","unstructured":"Murray PR, Washington JA. 1975. 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