Comparison of methods for identifying causative bacterial microorganisms in presumed acute endophthalmitis: conventional culture, blood culture, and PCR

BACKGROUND: Identification of bacterial pathogens in endophthalmitis is important to inform antibiotic selection and treatment decisions. Hemoculture bottles and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis have been proposed to offer good detection sensitivity. This study compared the sensitivity and a...

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Autores principales: Pongsachareonnont, Pear, Honglertnapakul, Worawalun, Chatsuwan, Tanittha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5320661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28222703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2264-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5320661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28222703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2264-5

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