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Rapid Detection of PBP2a in Staphylococci from Shortly Incubated Subcultures of Positive Blood Cultures by an Immunochromatographic Assay

Microbiology Spectrum, 2021
Staphylococcus aureus, as well as coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), can cause a wide range of human infections both in nosocomial and community settings.
Natalia Kolesnik-Goldmann, Elias Bodendoerfer, Kim Röthlin, Sebastian Herren, Frank Imkamp, Martina Marchesi, Stefano Mancini   +6 more
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Accuracy of Broad-Panel PCR-Based Bacterial Identification for Blood Cultures in a Pediatric Oncology Population

Microbiology Spectrum, 2021
Bloodstream infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality and result in significant costs to health care systems. Rapid identification of the causative agent of bloodstream infections is critical for patient treatment and improved outcomes ...
C. D. Garner, J. Brazelton de Cardenas, S. Suganda, R. T. Hayden   +3 more
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Identification and Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Clinical Blood Culture Isolates Not Identified by a Rapid Microarray Diagnostic System

Microbiology Spectrum, 2021
The use of molecular-based diagnostic testing, such as the Luminex Verigene system, to rapidly identify the most common bacterial isolates from blood cultures is an important tool that reduces the duration of inappropriate antibiotics and decreases ...
Jeffrey A. Freiberg, Connor R. Deri, Whitney J. Nesbitt, Romney M. Humphries, George E. Nelson   +4 more
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Clinical and Laboratory Potential Predictors of Blood Culture Positivity in Under Five Children with Clinically Severe Pneumonia - Khartoum -Sudan [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Background: Blood culture is necessary for appropriate management of clinically severe pneumonia in children under five years of age. However, in limited resource countries it might be unduly costly and waste of valuable time because of the high ...
Karimeldin Mohamed Ali Salih, El-Fatih El-Samani, Jalal Ali Bilal, Widad Eldouch, Salah Ahmed Ibrahim   +4 more
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Distribution of Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in Patients with Major β-Thalassemia in Mashhad, Northeast Iran

Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases, 2018
BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is considered to be the major cause of post-transfusion hepatitis in patients with thalassemia. We aimed to determine the HCV prevalence, genotypes, and viral load among patients with major β-thalassemia in Mashhad ...
Sanaz Ahmadi-Ghezeldasht, Zahra Badiei, Hamid Reza Sima, Mohammad Reza Hedayati-Moghaddam, Meysam Habibi, Mohsen Khamooshi, Ahmad Azimi   +6 more
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Bacteriological Profile and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Neonatal Septicemia in a Tertiary Hospital in Vadodara, Gujarat

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2022
Neonatal septicemia is a major cause of infection and mortality in neonates. Neonatal sepsis is a type of neonatal infection, particularly bacteremia, diagnosed by the presence of microorganisms in blood via microbiological culture tests during the first
Saurabh Chhotalal Gamit, Rachana Dhirubhai Patel, Himani Bhardwaj Pandya, Sucheta Jitendra Lakhani   +3 more
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Salmonella Sepsis in a Preterm Neonate- A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022
Sepsis in neonates may rarely be caused by Salmonella typhi, clinical features of which may remain undifferentiated from other causes of sepsis. The mode of transmission can be vertical or horizontal.
Rakesh Kumar, Sanober Wasim, Girish Gupta, Suraj Singh   +3 more
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Guidelines on Blood Cultures

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2010
Just over one-third of sepsis patients have positive blood cultures, mainly due to inadequate sampling volumes (50% of adults have < 1.0 CFU/mL blood) and the prior use of antibiotics. However, 20-30% of sepsis patients are given inappropriate empirical antibiotics.
Po-Ren Hsueh, Michael Towns, William Robert Jarvis   +2 more
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Classical Microbiological Diagnostics of Bacteremia: Are the Negative Results Really Negative? What is the Laboratory Result Telling Us About the “Gold Standard”?

Microorganisms, 2020
Standard blood cultures require at least 24−120 h to be reported as preliminary positive. The objective of this study was to compare the reliability of Gram staining and fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) for detecting bacteria in otherwise ...
Tomasz Źródłowski, Joanna Sobońska, Dominika Salamon, Isabel M. McFarlane, Mirosław Ziętkiewicz, Tomasz Gosiewski   +5 more
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Bloodstream Infections in Febrile Hematologic Oncology Patients in a Referral Hospital in Ahvaz, Iran: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022
Bloodstream infections (BSIs) and subsequent development of antimicrobial resistance are  life-threatening conditions in hematologic oncology patients.
Kaveh Jaseb, Mohammad Ali Khaksar, Zahra Mansouri, Bahar Barani, Maryam Ghashghaeepour, Majid Ghanavat, Bahar Jaseb, Pedram Poorchini   +7 more
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