Molecular diagnosis of infective endocarditis - A new Duke's Criterion

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 673-680

  Millar, B ^a   Moore, J ^a   Mallon, P ^a   Xu, J ^a   Crowe, M ^a   Mcclurg, R ^a   Raoult, D ^a   Earle, J ^a   Hone, R ^a   Murphy, P ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; FUNGAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BARTONELLA; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; EUBACTERIUM; FUNGI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 17944375473     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540110026764     Document Type: Article

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