Evaluation of the LightCycler® SeptiFast test in newborns and infants with clinical suspicion of sepsis;Evaluación de la técnica LightCycler® SeptiFast en recién nacidos y lactantes con sospecha de sepsis

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 375-379

  Torres Martos, Eva ^a   Pérez Ruiz, Mercedes ^b   Pedrosa Corral, Irene ^b   Peña Caballero, Manuela ^b   Jiménez Valera, María Manuela ^c   Pérez Ramírez, María Dolores ^b   Navarro Marí, José María ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Neonatal sepsis; Septifast; Universal polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 84879421100     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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