Letters to the editor molecular diagnosis of polymicrobial sepsis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1274-1275

  Mancini, Nicasio ^a   Carletti, Silvia ^a   Ghidoli, Nadia ^a   Cichero, Paola ^a   Ossi, Cristina M ^a   Ieri, Rossella ^a   Poli, Elena ^a   Burioni, Roberto ^b   Clementi, Massimo ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; FLUCONAZOLE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; BACTERIAL DNA;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; LETTER; POLYMICROBIAL SEPSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SEPSIS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 65249083318     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00011-09     Document Type: Letter

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