Rapid diagnosis of sepsis and bacterial meningitis in children with real-time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction amplification in the bacterial 16S rRNA gene

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 641-647

  Chen, Li Hua ^a   Duan, Qun Jun ^a   Cai, Mei Ting ^a   Wu, Yi Dong ^a,b   Shang, Shi Qiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial culture; Bacterial meningitis; Diagnosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; YOUDEN INDEX;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67249108340     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809333972     Document Type: Article

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