A commercially available multiplex real-time PCR for detection of pathogens in cardiac valves from patients with infective endocarditis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 98-101

  Leli, Christian ^a   Moretti, Amedeo ^a   Pasticci, Maria Bruna ^a   Cenci, Elio ^a   Bistoni, Francesco ^a   Mencacci, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart valve; Infective endocarditis; Real time PCR; SeptiFast

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84898435164     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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