Multiplex Respiratory PCR Results in Diabetic Pneumonia Cases

According to our hospital policy, nasopharyngeal swab samples are collected by the clinicians and transported to the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory of the hospital in 10 minutes. The samples are analyzed in 2 hours and the samples were measured by Thermo Fisher / Applied Biosystems Quant Studio-5 for reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing to detect multiplex respiratory agents