Authors: Roland A Ammann Franziska Zucol Christoph Aebi Felix K Niggli Thomas Kühne David Nadal
Publish Date: 2007/03/01
Volume: 15, Issue: 6, Pages: 637-641
Abstract
This broadrange PCR assay which may identify notgrown bacteria potentially contributing to fever needs improvement in sensitivity and different reasons for positive PCR in negative blood culture samples need to be assessed before clinical applicationWe acknowledge Maja Beck Popovic MD Lausanne Annette Ridolfi Lüthy MD Bern and Pierre Wacker MD Geneva members of the SPOG 2003 FN Pilot Eubacterial PCR Study Group Committee for contributions in designing the study protocol Andrea Wasem RN and Nadine Beusch RN for assistance in data collection and Sibylle Gunziger and Gudrun Blessing for technical assistance
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