SeptiFast for diagnosis of sepsis in severely ill patients from a Brazilian hospital
Objective To test and validate a multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction method for bloodstream infections, as well as to compare the results with conventional blood culture.Methods A total of 114 consecutive patients with clinical evidence of sepsis were submitted to blood culture and LightCy...
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| Language: | English |
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Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
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| Series: | Einstein (São Paulo) |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082014000200191&lng=en&tlng=en |