Clinical Relevance of Pathogens Detected by Multiplex PCR in Blood of Very-Low-Birth Weight Infants with Suspected Sepsis - Multicentre Study of the German Neonatal Network.

Clinical Relevance of Pathogens Detected by Multiplex PCR in Blood of Very-Low-Birth Weight Infants with Suspected Sepsis - Multicentre Study of the German Neonatal Network.

In the German Neonatal Network (GNN) 10% of very-low-birth weight infants (VLBWI) suffer from blood-culture confirmed sepsis, while 30% of VLBWI develop clinical sepsis. Diagnosis of sepsis is a difficult task leading to potential over-treatment with antibiotics. This study aims to investigate wheth...

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Main Authors: Birte Tröger, Christoph Härtel, Jan Buer, Michael Dördelmann, Ursula Felderhoff-Müser, Thomas Höhn, Nico Hepping, Georg Hillebrand, Angela Kribs, Janina Marissen, Dirk Olbertz, Peter-Michael Rath, Susanne Schmidtke, Jens Siegel, Egbert Herting, Wolfgang Göpel, Joerg Steinmann, Anja Stein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4966931?pdf=render

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