PCR-based diagnosis of neonatal staphylococcal bacteremias

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4823-4825

  Makhoul, Imad R ^a   Smolkin, Tatiana ^a   Sujov, Polo ^a   Kassis, Imad ^a   Tamir, Ada ^a   Shalginov, Raia ^a   Sprecher, Hannah ^a,b  

^a MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 24744435984     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4823-4825.2005     Document Type: Article

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