Accuracy of LightCycler® SeptiFast for the detection and identification of pathogens in the blood of patients with suspected sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-33

  Dark, Paul ^a,b   Blackwood, Bronagh ^c   Gates, Simon ^d   McAuley, Danny ^c   Perkins, Gavin D ^d,e   McMullan, Ronan ^f   Wilson, Claire ^a,b   Graham, Daniel ^a,b   Timms, Kate ^a,b   Warhurst, Geoffrey ^a,b,g  

^a SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; Diagnostic accuracy; Real time PCR; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MICROORGANISM DETECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BLOOD; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; DEVICES; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS;

EID: 84918509755     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3553-8     Document Type: Review

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