Microbial diagnosis of bloodstream infection: Towards molecular diagnosis directly from blood

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 323-331

  Opota, O ^a   Jaton, K ^a   Greub, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Blood culture; Bloodstream infection; Diagnosis; Molecular; PCR ESI MS

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; DNA; EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN; RNA 16S;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TIME; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEPSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BLOOD; FUNGI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SEPSIS;

EID: 84928542891     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.02.005     Document Type: Review

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