Prospective study of the feasibility of point-of-care testing strategy for carbapenem-resistant organism detection
Background/aims In an investigator-initiated, prospective study, we evaluated the feasibility of a five-gene sequence point-of-care (POC) testing strategy (Xpert CARBA-R Assay, Cepheid Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA), compared to reference laboratory PCR (48 – 72 hours turnaround time, two gene sequences)...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2018-01-01
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Series: | Endoscopy International Open |
Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-122141 |