Will polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based diagnostics improve outcome in septic patients? A clinical view

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1069-1076

  Pletz, Mathias W ^a,c   Wellinghausen, Nele ^b   Welte, Tobias ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Dr Gaertner and Colleagues Laboratories   (Germany)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Blood culture; Candida; Enterococcus; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; COLISTIN; TIGECYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLOOD CULTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEPSIS;

EID: 79961032935     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-011-2245-x     Document Type: Review

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