Early adjustment of antimicrobial therapy after PCR/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry-based pathogen detection in critically ill patients with suspected sepsis

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2018 Jul 26;56(8):e207-e209. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2017-1110.
No abstract available

Keywords: PCR-based pathogen detection; blood culture; diagnostics; microbiology; sepsis.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bacteria / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Sepsis / blood
  • Sepsis / drug therapy*
  • Sepsis / microbiology*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / methods

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents