Evaluating the near-term infant for early early onset sepsis: Progress and challenges to consider 16S rDNA polymerase chain reaction testing

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-363

  Jordan, Jeanne A ^a,b,c   Durso, Mary Beth ^c   Butchko, Allyson R ^c   Jones, Judith G ^a,b   Brozanski, Beverly S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746031053     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2006.050138     Document Type: Article

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