Usefulness of real-time PCR for the diagnosis of sepsis in ICU-acquired infections

Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 348-353

  Wallet, Frédéric ^a,b   Loïez, Caroline ^a,b   Herwegh, Stéphanie ^b   Courcol, René J ^a,b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Centre de Biologie Pathologie   (France)

Author keywords

Blood cultures; C. difficile; Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; Pneumonia; Real time pcr; References; Sepsis; Septifast test

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT ACQUIRED INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS;

EID: 79961066587     PISSN: 18715265     EISSN: 18755852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152611796504845     Document Type: Article

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