Comparison of whole blood, serum, and plasma for early detection of candidemia by multiplex-tandem PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 811-816

  Lau, Anna ^a,b   Halliday, Catriona ^a,c   Chen, Sharon C A ^a,c   Geoffrey Playford, E ^d   Stanley, Keith ^e   Sorrell, Tania C ^a,b  

^a Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^d PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e AusDiagnostics Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BLOOD; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; HUMANS; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; TIME FACTORS;

CANDIDA;

EID: 77749319407     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01650-09     Document Type: Article

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