Quantitative detection of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis DNA in blood to diagnose bacteremia in patients in the intensive care unit

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3641-3646

  Peters, Remco P H ^a   Van Agtmael, Michiel A ^a   Gierveld, Sonja ^a   Danner, Sven A ^a   Groeneveld, A B Johan ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M J E ^a   Savelkoul, Paul H M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA DETERMINATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 36348992639     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01056-07     Document Type: Article

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