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Rapid Diagnosis of Infection in the Critically Ill, a Multicenter Study of Molecular Detection in Bloodstream Infections, Pneumonia, and Sterile Site Infections |
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Published in | Critical care medicine. 2015, vol. 43, no. 11, p. 2283-2291 | |
Abstract | Early identification of causative microorganism(s) in patients with severe infection is crucial to optimize antimicrobial use and patient survival. However, current culture-based pathogen identification is slow and unreliable such that broad-spectrum antibiotics are often used to insure coverage of all potential organisms, carrying risks of overtreatment, toxicity, and selection of multidrug-resistant bacteria. We compared the results obtained using a novel, culture-independent polymerase chain reaction/electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry technology with those obtained by standard microbiological testing and evaluated the potential clinical implications of this technique. | |
Keywords | Adult — Aged — Bacteremia/diagnosis/microbiology — Blood-Borne Pathogens/isolation & purification — Body Fluids/microbiology — Critical Care/methods — Critical Illness — Early Diagnosis — Europe — Female — Gram-Negative Bacteria/isolation & purification — Gram-Positive Bacteria/isolation & purification — Humans — Intensive Care Units — Male — Middle Aged — Molecular Diagnostic Techniques — Pneumonia, Bacterial/diagnosis/microbiology — Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods — Risk Assessment — Sensitivity and Specificity — Specimen Handling — Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization/methods | |
Identifiers | PMID: 26327198 | |
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Research group | Analyse génomique et fonctionnelle du staphylocoque doré (604) | |
Citation (ISO format) | VINCENT, Jean-Louis et al. Rapid Diagnosis of Infection in the Critically Ill, a Multicenter Study of Molecular Detection in Bloodstream Infections, Pneumonia, and Sterile Site Infections. In: Critical care medicine, 2015, vol. 43, n° 11, p. 2283-2291. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001249 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:87996 |