The use of newly developed real-time PCR for the rapid identification of bacteria in culture-negative osteomyelitis

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 745-747

  Kobayashi, Naomi ^a   Bauer, Thomas W ^a   Sakai, Hiroshige ^a   Togawa, Daisuke ^a   Lieberman, Isador H ^a   Fujishiro, Takaaki ^a   Procop, Gary W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture negative; Osteomyelitis; Real time PCR; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROORGANISM; OSTEOMYELITIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TIME;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845490411     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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