Service evaluation to establish the sensitivity, specificity and additional value of broad-range 16S rDNA PCR for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis from resected endocardial material in patients from eight UK and Ireland hospitals

Infective endocarditis (IE) can be diagnosed in the clinical microbiology laboratory by culturing explanted heart valve material. We present a service evaluation that examines the sensitivity and specificity of a broad-range 16S rDNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for the detection of the cau...

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Autores principales: Harris, K. A., Yam, T., Jalili, S., Williams, O. M., Alshafi, K., Gouliouris, T., Munthali, P., NiRiain, U., Hartley, J. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4201924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24930039
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-014-2145-4

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