Evaluation of buffy coat 16S rRNA PCR, buffy coat culture and whole blood PCR for detection of bacteraemia

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-122

  Valle Jr , Demetrio L ^a,b,c   Andrade, Jeannie I ^c   Cabrera, Esperanza C ^d   Rivera, Windell L ^b,e  

^a Ospital ng Makati ^*  (Philippines)

^b Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines   (Philippines)

^c MAKATI MEDICAL CENTER   (Philippines)

^d DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^e University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Blood culture; Cuffy coat culture; Leukocyte count; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77951911781     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762010000200001     Document Type: Article

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