Evaluation of the Septifast MGrade Test on Standard Care Wards--A Cohort Study.

BACKGROUND:The immediate need for appropriate antimicrobial therapy in septic patients requires the detection of the causative pathogen in a timely and reliable manner. In this study, the real-time PCR Septifast MGrade test was evaluated in adult patients meeting the systemic inflammatory response s...

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Main Authors: Franz Ratzinger, Irene Tsirkinidou, Helmuth Haslacher, Thomas Perkmann, Klaus G Schmetterer, Dieter Mitteregger, Athanasios Makristathis, Heinz Burgmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4795709?pdf=render