Diagnosis of infective endocarditis: Comparison of the LightCycler SeptiFast real-time PCR with blood culture

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 881-883

  Mencacci, Antonella ^a   Leli, Christian ^a   Montagna, Paolo ^a   Cardaccia, Angela ^a   Meucci, Marta ^a   Bietolini, Cristiana ^a   Cenci, Elio ^a   Pasticci, Maria Bruna ^a   Bistoni, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIS; FUSOBACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPTIFAST REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861160116     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.040113-0     Document Type: Letter

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