Incremental value of multiplex real-time PCR for the early diagnosis of sepsis in the emergency department

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 144, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Schaub, Nora ^a   Boldanova, Tujana ^a   Noveanu, Markus ^a   Arenja, Nisha ^a   Hermann, Heinz ^a   Twerenbold, Raphael ^a   Frei, Reno ^a   Bingisser, Roland ^a   Trampuz, Andrej ^a,b   Mueller, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Multiplex real time PCR; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FUNGEMIA; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIME;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899726515     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2014.13911     Document Type: Article

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