PCR evaluation of false-positive signals from two automated blood-culture systems

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-57

  Karahan, Z Ceren ^a   Mumcuoglu, Ipek ^b   Guriz, Haluk ^a   Tamer, Deniz ^a   Balaban, Neriman ^b   Aysev, Derya ^a   Akar, Nejat ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Nephrology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA; ORNIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLICON; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRACHIBACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MYCOSIS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTHIA; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 29744446420     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46196-0     Document Type: Article

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