Endotoxemia as a diagnostic tool for patients with suspected bacteremia caused by gram-negative organisms: A meta-analysis of 4 decades of studies

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1183-1191

  Hurley, James C ^a,b   Nowak, Piotr ^c   Öhrmalm, Lars ^c   Gogos, Charalambos ^d   Armaganidis, Apostolos ^e   Giamarellos Bourboulis, Evangelos J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BALLARAT HEALTH SERVICES   (Australia)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTOXEMIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BACTEREMIA; COMPLICATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTEREMIA; ENDOTOXEMIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84925250439     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03531-14     Document Type: Article

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