Comparison of three different commercial PCR assays for the detection of pathogens in critically ill sepsis patients

Microbial diagnostics in patients with presumed severe infection in the emergency department

(2012)   Medizinische Klinik-Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin

Scoring-Systeme in der Intensivmedizin

(2011) V. Fleig et al.   ANAESTHESIST

Evaluation of a commercial multiplex PCR test (SeptiFast) in the etiological diagnosis of community-onset bloodstream infections

(2011) P. Josefson et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Will polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based diagnostics improve outcome in septic patients? A clinical view

(2011) Mathias W. Pletz et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Diagnostic accuracy and potential clinical value of the LightCycler SeptiFast assay in the management of bloodstream infections occurring in neutropenic and critically ill patients

(2011) Dayana Bravo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Diagnostic value of positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography for evaluating patients with septic shock of unknown origin

(2011) Stefan Kluge et al.   JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

PCR-based rapid sepsis diagnosis effectively guides clinical treatment in patients with new onset of SIRS

(2011) Uwe Lodes et al.   LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

The clinical diagnostic accuracy of rapid detection of healthcare-associated bloodstream infection in intensive care using multipathogen real-time PCR technology

(2011) P. Dark et al.   BMJ Open

Prävention, Diagnose, Therapie und Nachsorge der Sepsis

(2010) K. Reinhart et al.   ANAESTHESIST

Multiplex Blood PCR in Combination with Blood Cultures for Improvement of Microbiological Documentation of Infection in Febrile Neutropenia

(2010) F. Lamoth et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Therapeutic impact and diagnostic performance of multiplex PCR in patients with malignancies and suspected sepsis

(2010) Danièle Maubon et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

The role of a real-time PCR technology for rapid detection and identification of bacterial and fungal pathogens in whole-blood samples

(2010) Hideaki Obara et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Effect of Antifungal Therapy Timing on Mortality in Cancer Patients with Candidemia

(2009) Y. Taur et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Clinical impact of a commercially available multiplex PCR system for rapid detection of pathogens in patients with presumed sepsis

(2009) Christine Dierkes et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Multiplex real-time PCR and blood culture for identification of bloodstream pathogens in patients with suspected sepsis

(2009) H. Westh et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Potential clinical utility of polymerase chain reaction in microbiological testing for sepsis

(2009) Lutz Eric Lehmann et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

A multicenter trial to compare blood culture with polymerase chain reaction in severe human sepsis

(2009) Frank Bloos et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Improved detection of blood stream pathogens by real-time PCR in severe sepsis

(2009) Lutz Eric Lehmann et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Diagnosis of Bacteremia in Whole-Blood Samples by Use of a Commercial Universal 16S rRNA Gene-Based PCR and Sequence Analysis

(2009) N. Wellinghausen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Multiplex PCR To Diagnose Bloodstream Infections in Patients Admitted from the Emergency Department with Sepsis

(2009) Ephraim L. Tsalik et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of the LightCycler® SeptiFast test in the rapid etiologic diagnostic of infectious endocarditis

(2008) J. P. Casalta et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES