16S rDNA sequencing of valve tissue improves microbiological diagnosis in surgically treated patients with infective endocarditis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 472-478

  Vondracek, Martin ^a   Sartipy, Ulrik ^a   Aufwerber, Ewa ^a   Julander, Inger ^a   Lindblom, Dan ^a   Westling, Katarina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequencing; Blood culture negative endocarditis; Infective endocarditis; Valvular replacement

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ADULT; AEROCOCCUS VIRIDANS; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWEDEN;

EID: 79958810373     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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