Detection of bacterial pathogens in synovial and pleural fluid with the FilmArray Blood Culture Identification System

We report the use of FilmArray Blood Culture Identification (BCID) multiplex PCR system for pathogen detection from a child with septic arthritis that Streptococcus pyogenes was identified directly from synovial fluid and a child with complicated pneumonia with pleural effusion that Streptococcus pn...

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Main Authors: Athanasios Michos, Alexandra Palili, Emmanouil I. Koutouzis, Adina Sandu, Lilia Lykopoulou, Vassiliki P. Syriopoulou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:IDCases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250916300385