A novel, nested, multiplex, real-time PCR for detection of bacteria and fungi in blood

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gosiewski, Tomasz ^a   Jurkiewicz Badacz, Danuta ^b   Sroka, Agnieszka ^a   Brzychczy Włoch, Monika ^a   Bulanda, Małgorzata ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny Im Jana Pawła II   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fungi; Gram differentiation; Multiplex PCR; Nested PCR; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL DETECTION; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA; BLOOD; FUNGI; HUMANS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS;

EID: 84902363108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-14-144     Document Type: Article

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