Optimization of the detection of microbes in blood from immunocompromised patients with haematological malignancies

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 680-683

  Skovbjerg, Susann ^a   Welinder Olsson, C ^a   Kondori, N ^a   Kjellin, E ^a   Nowrouzian, F ^a   Wold, A E ^a   Stockelberg, D ^a   Larsson, P ^a   Wenneras C ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Blood cultures; Candida albicans; Candida glabrata; Fungaemia; Haematological malignancy; Immunocompromised; Neutropenic fever; Opportunistic infection; PCR

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED BLOOD CULTURE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CHILL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCOCCUS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FEVER; FUNGEMIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 68249152240     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02796.x     Document Type: Article

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