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