Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology
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Observational Study
Clinical practice of respiratory virus diagnostics in critically ill patients with a suspected pneumonia: A prospective observational study.
Clinical guidelines suggest testing for respiratory viruses during the influenza season, but are unclear which categories of patients on the intensive care unit (ICU) should be tested. ⋯ Less than half of patients admitted to the ICU with suspected pneumonia were tested for the presence of viral pathogens, either in or outside the influenza season.