Improved detection of blood stream pathogens by real-time PCR in severe sepsis

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-56

  Lehmann, Lutz Eric ^a,e   Hunfeld, Klaus Peter ^b,c   Steinbrucker, Martina ^b   Brade, Volker ^b   Book, Malte ^e   Seifert, Harald ^d   Bingold, Tobias ^b   Hoeft, Andreas ^a   Wissing, Heimo ^b   Stüber, Frank ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c KRANKENHAUS NORDWEST   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Detection of blood stream pathogens; Real time PCR; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONITIS; RATING SCALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINE; YEAST;

EID: 76549109209     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1608-z     Document Type: Article

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