Evaluation of the alkaline wash/lysis procedure for the molecular diagnosis of a positive bacterial blood culture in clinical routine practice

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 139-144

  Hsi, Sheng Chuan ^a,b   Sun, Jun Ren ^c   Chiueh, Tzong Shi ^c  

^a HSIN SHENG COLLEGE OF MEDICAL CARE AND MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^b TAOYUAN ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alkaline wash; Blood culture; Lysis procedure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; FUNGAL DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER;

ABIOTROPHIA; ACINETOBACTER; AEROMONAS; ALKALI WASH LYSIS PROCEDURE; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLOSTRIDIUM; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; FLAVOBACTERIA; FUNGAL GENE; GENE TARGETING; HAEMOPHILUS; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; LACTOBACILLUS; LYSIS; MICROCOCCUS; MORGANELLA; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VEILLONELLA;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77953497964     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20396     Document Type: Article

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