LightCycler SeptiFast assay as a tool for the rapid diagnosis of sepsis in patients during antimicrobial therapy

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1306-1307

  Vince, Adriana ^a   Lepej, Snježana Židovec ^a   Baršić, Bruno ^a   Dušek, Davorka ^a   Mitrović, Zdravko ^b   Serventi Seiwerth, Ranka ^b   Labar, Boris ^b  

^a Croatia   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS;

EID: 53749097248     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47797-0     Document Type: Letter

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