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International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2007
Bloodstream infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients. Blood cultu... more Bloodstream infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients. Blood culture is clearly the most important diagnostic procedure for identifying micro-organisms involved in bloodstream infections except when the patient has previously received antibiotics or in the presence of slow-growing or intracellular micro-organisms. Detection of micro-organisms, mainly in blood, using pathogen-specific or broad-range PCR assays is promising. However,
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2007
Bloodstream infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients. Blood cultu... more Bloodstream infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients. Blood culture is clearly the most important diagnostic procedure for identifying micro-organisms involved in bloodstream infections except when the patient has previously received antibiotics or in the presence of slow-growing or intracellular micro-organisms. Detection of micro-organisms, mainly in blood, using pathogen-specific or broad-range PCR assays is promising. However,