The IRIDICA BAC BSI Assay: Rapid, Sensitive and Culture-Independent Identification of Bacteria and Candida in Blood.

Bloodstream infection (BSI) and sepsis are rising in incidence throughout the developed world. The spread of multi-drug resistant organisms presents increasing challenges to treatment. Surviving BSI is dependent on rapid and accurate identification of causal organisms, and timely application of appr...

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Main Authors: David Metzgar, Mark W Frinder, Richard E Rothman, Stephen Peterson, Karen C Carroll, Sean X Zhang, Gideon D Avornu, Megan A Rounds, Heather E Carolan, Donna M Toleno, David Moore, Thomas A Hall, Christian Massire, Gregory S Richmond, Jose R Gutierrez, Rangarajan Sampath, David J Ecker, Lawrence B Blyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4934770?pdf=render