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Detection of bacterial pathogens in synovial and pleural fluid with the FilmArray Blood Culture Identification System

We report the use of FilmArray Blood Culture Identification (BCID) multiplex PCR system for pathogen detection from a child with septic arthritis that Streptococcus pyogenes was identified directly from synovial fluid and a child with complicated pneumonia with pleural effusion that Streptococcus pn...

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Autores principales: Michos, Athanasios, Palili, Alexandra, Koutouzis, Emmanouil I., Sandu, Adina, Lykopoulou, Lilia, Syriopoulou, Vassiliki P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27419071
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.05.006
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Sumario:We report the use of FilmArray Blood Culture Identification (BCID) multiplex PCR system for pathogen detection from a child with septic arthritis that Streptococcus pyogenes was identified directly from synovial fluid and a child with complicated pneumonia with pleural effusion that Streptococcus pneumoniae was identified from pleural fluid.