Detection of fungal DNA in lysis-centrifugation blood culture for the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis in neonatal patients

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Trovato, L ^a   Betta, P ^a   Romeo, M G ^a   Oliveri, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candidiasis; Diagnosis; Lysis centrifugation system; NICU; PCR

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CENTRIFUGATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYSIS CENTRIFUGATION; NEUTROPHILIA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA;

EID: 84857641613     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03731.x     Document Type: Article

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