Point-counterpoint: Large multiplex PCR panels should be first-line tests for detection of respiratory and intestinal pathogens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3110-3115

  Schreckenberger, Paul C ^a   McAdam, Alexander J ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; GASTROENTERITIS; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84941950839     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00382-15     Document Type: Article

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