Laboratory diagnosis of late-onset sepsis in newborns by multiplex real-time PCR

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 533-534

  Paolucci, Michela ^a   Capretti, Maria Grazia ^a   Dal Monte, Paola ^a   Corvaglia, Luigi ^a   Landini, Maria Paola ^a   Varani, Stefania ^a   Pession, Andrea ^a   Faldella, Giacomo ^a   Sambri, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; PIPERACILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; OMPHALITIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; THROAT CULTURE; UMBILICAL CORD; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; URINE CULTURE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS;

EID: 65649120774     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.003848-0     Document Type: Letter

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