A 16-year-old male with a low-grade fever, and large and painful red sores around his lips is being evaluated at a pediatric clinic. He has a PCR test pending that was swabbed from the sores, as well as a blood culture with Gram stain, and nasopharyngeal specimen for microscopic examination.
-What kind of data will the PCR results provide?

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PCR (Polymerase chain reaction) is a technique used to amplify DNA, and in this case, it is being used to detect the presence of a specific viral DNA, which will give genotypic information about the virus causing the sores.

A 16-Year-Old Male with a Low-Grade Fever, and Large and Painful