Quadruplex real-time quantitative PCR assay for the detection of pathogens related to late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia: A preliminary report

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 232-234

  Rios Licea, Merab M ^a   Bosques, Francisco J ^b   Arroliga, Alejandro C ^c   Galindo Galindo, Juan O ^b   Garza Gonzalez, Elvira ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^c SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Real time PCR; Staphylococcus aureus; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 77952581689     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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