Etiologic diagnosis of infective endocarditis by broad-range polymerase chain reaction: A 3-year experience

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-172

  Bosshard, Philipp Peter ^a   Kronenberg, Andreas ^b   Zbinden, Reinhard ^a   Ruef, Christian ^b   Böttger, Erik Christian ^a   Altwegg, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CHILD; DNA SEQUENCE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0042267336     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375592     Document Type: Article

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