A comparison of three rapid bacterial detection methods under simulated real-life conditions

Transfusion

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1367-1373

  Schmidt, Michael ^a   Hourfar, Michael K ^b   Nicol, Sven Boris ^b   Wahl, Alexandra ^b   Heck, Julia ^b   Weis, Christina ^b   Tonn, Torsten ^b   Spengler, Hans Peter ^b   Montag, Thomas ^b   Seifried, Erhard ^b   Roth, W Kurt ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; RNA 16S;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD PLATELETS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 33746347642     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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