DETECTION OF CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA IN HOSPITALIZED HAJJ AND UMRAH CASES BY MULTIPLEX REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION

Detection of causative agents of bacterial pneumonia in hospitalized hajj and umrah cases by multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction

Background and Objectives: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is commonly detected in pneumonia patients who travel from the Middle East regions.Besides MERS-CoV, many other pathogenic agents cause pneumonia.Detection of such organisms must be done swiftly, especially in case of the negative MERS-CoV samples.The aim of this stu

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Metadata In, Library Out. A Simple, Robust Digital Library System

Tired of being held hostage to expensive systems that did not meet our needs, the University Gastro-Intestinal Tract Support of Alabama Libraries developed an XML schema-agnostic, light-weight digital library delivery system based on the principles of "Keep It Simple, Stupid!" Metadata and derivatives reside in openly accessible web directories, wh

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