Publications by authors named "Olga Smilevska Spasovska"
Multiplex PCR in Diagnosing Respiratory Tract Infections in Hospitalized Children.
Gorica Popova Tatjana Jakjovska Ivana Arnaudova-Danevska Katerina Boskovska Olga Smilevska Spasovska
Pril (Makedon Akad Nauk Umet Odd Med Nauki)
March 2024
Objectives: To elaborate the utility of multiplex quantitative polymerase chain reaction (multiplex qPCR) for the accurate diagnosis of severe respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in hospitalized children.
Methods: In two separate periods during 2022, 76 respiratory specimens (combined throat/nasopharyngeal swabs) were submitted for multiplex qPCR regarding 26 respiratory pathogens. The specimens were obtained from children with severe RTIs hospitalized in the Institute for Respiratory Diseases in Children, Skopje.