Clinical identification of bacteria in human chronic wound infections: Culturing vs. 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rhoads, Daniel D ^a   Cox, Stephen B ^b   Rees, Eric J ^b   Sun, Yan ^b   Wolcott, Randall D ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Research and Testing Laboratory   (United States)

^c Southwest Regional Wound Care Center Lubbock   (United States)

^d PathoGenius Laboratories (PGL)   (United States)

Author keywords

16S; Bacteria; Diabetic foot; Microbiology; Molecular diagnostic techniques; Pressure ulcer

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; UNITED STATES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84869886329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-321     Document Type: Article

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