Multiplex PCR allows rapid and accurate diagnosis of bloodstream infections in newborns and children with suspected sepsis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2252-2258

  Lucignano, Barbara ^a   Ranno, Stefania ^a   Liesenfeld, Oliver ^b   Pizzorno, Beatrice ^c   Putignani, Lorenza ^a   Bernaschi, Paola ^a   Menichella, Donato ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Roche Diagnostics   (United States)

^c Roche Diagnostics   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIA; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CANDIDA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

CANDIDA; KLEBSIELLA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79957533179     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02460-10     Document Type: Article

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