Broad-range 16S rRNA gene polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of culture-negative bacterial infections

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1245-1251

  Rampini, Silvana K ^a   Bloemberg, Guido V ^b   Keller, Peter M ^b   Büchler, Andrea C ^a   Dollenmaier, Günter ^c   Speck, Roberto F ^a   Böttger, Erik C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RNA 16S;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 81855191193     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir692     Document Type: Article

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