Current approaches to the diagnosis of bacterial and fungal bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3277-3282

  Murray, Patrick R ^a   Masur, Henry ^b  

^a BD Technologies   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteremia; blood culture; fungemia; matrix assisted laser desorption ionization; molecular; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBAPENEMASE; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD VOLUME; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CELL DIVISION; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGEMIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; VEIN PUNCTURE;

BACTEREMIA; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 84870239402     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318270e771     Document Type: Article

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