Rapid detection of health-care-associated bloodstream infection in critical care using multipathogen real-time polymerase chain reaction technology: a diagnostic accuracy study and systematic review

Background: There is growing interest in the potential utility of real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in diagnosing bloodstream infection by detecting pathogen deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in blood samples within a few hours. SeptiFast (Roche Diagnostics GmBH, Mannheim, Germany) is a multipatho...

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Main Authors: Geoffrey Warhurst, Graham Dunn, Paul Chadwick, Bronagh Blackwood, Daniel McAuley, Gavin D Perkins, Ronan McMullan, Simon Gates, Andrew Bentley, Duncan Young, Gordon L Carlson, Paul Dark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2015-05-01
Series:Health Technology Assessment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/hta19350