Detection of bacteria and fungi in blood of patients with febrile neutropenia by real-time PCR with universal primers and probes

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 189-193

  Teranishi, Hideto ^a   Ohzono, Nanae ^a   Inamura, Norikazu ^a   Kato, Atsushi ^a   Wakabayashi, Tokio ^a   Akaike, Hiroto ^a   Terada, Kihei ^a   Ouchi, Kazunobu ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Blood culture; Febrile neutropenia; Fungi; Real time PCR assay

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL DNA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DORIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; DNA PROBE; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; GENE DOSAGE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA PROBE; FUNGUS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933506889     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2014.11.008     Document Type: Article

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