Molecular methods for pathogen detection in blood

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9710, 2010, Pages 178-179

  Lin, Shin ^a   Yang, Samuel ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; HUMAN; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 73949112373     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61791-8     Document Type: Note

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