Identification of pathogenic bacteria in blood cultures: Comparison between conventional and PCR methods

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-330

  Pechorsky, Alina ^a,b   Nitzan, Yeshayahu ^a   Lazarovitch, Tsilia ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Blood cultures; Molecular identification; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 68949145930     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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