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Role of Sepsis-3 Criteria and C-Reactive Protein in the Diagnosis of Sepsis in Critically ill Patients [PDF]

National Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2021
Introduction: In the recent days, large proportion of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admissions ending in poor outcomes is impacted by pathological conditions like sepsis and septic shock. Hence, early diagnosis and appropriate therapy within the first
E Harshidha, K Deepika, G Kalaiselvi, Jayalakshmi Jayarajan   +3 more
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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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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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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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Presence and persistence of Ebola or Marburg virus in patients and survivors: A rapid systematic review [PDF]

, 2016
Background: The 2013-15 Ebola outbreak was unprecedented due to sustainedtransmission within urban environments and thousands of survivors. In 2014 the World Health Organization stated that there was insufficient evidence to give definitive guidance ...
Brainard, Julii, Edmunds, Kelly, Hooper, Lee, Hunter, Paul, Pond, Katherine   +4 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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Death or survival from invasive pneumococcal disease in Scotland: associations with serogroups and multilocus sequence types [PDF]

, 2011
We describe associations between death from invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and particular serogroups and sequence types (STs) determined by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) using data from Scotland.
Andrew Smith, Aspa, Austrian, Avery, Blake, Cecil, Chris Robertson, David Greenhalgh, Diggle, Donald Inverarity, Giles F. S. Edwards, Guimbao Bescós, Huss, Inostroza, Jim McMenamin, Johanna M. C. Jefferies, Karen Lamb, Kendrick, Lamb, Martin, Mathew Diggle, Shapiro, Stuart C. Clarke, Tim J. Mitchell, Weiss   +24 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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Culture of periprosthetic tissue in blood culture bottles for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection [PDF]

, 2019
Background: The purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of periprosthetic tissue culture in blood culture bottles (BCB) for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI).
Li, Cheng, Ojeda-Thies, Cristina, Trampuz, Andrej   +2 more
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