Development and performance of a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of bacteria in sterile body fluids

Keyphrases

• Antimicrobial Therapy 50%
• Bacteria Detection 100%
• Bacterial Detection 50%
• Bacterial Pathogens 50%
• Cerebrospinal Fluid 50%
• Fluid-filled 50%
• Kingella Kingae 50%
• Methicillin Resistance 50%
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus 50%
• Multiplex PCR (mPCR) 100%
• Neisseria Meningitidis 50%
• Pediatric Patients 50%
• Percentage Agreement 50%
• Performance Characteristics 50%
• Pleural Fluid 50%
• Sterile Water 100%
• Streptococcus Pneumoniae 50%
• Streptococcus Pyogenes (S. pyogenes) 50%
• Synovial Fluid 50%
• Traditional Culture Method 50%

Immunology and Microbiology

• Bacterium Detection 50%
• Body Fluid 100%
• Cerebrospinal Fluid 50%
• Infectious Agent 100%
• Kingella kingae 50%
• Liquid 50%
• Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus 50%
• Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction 100%
• Neisseria meningitidis 50%
• Pneumococcus 50%
• Streptococcus pyogenes 50%