Detection of bacteria and fungi in blood of patients with febrile neutropenia by real-time PCR with universal primers and probes

Abstract Febrile neutropenia is the main treatment-related cause of mortality in cancer patients. During June 2012 to April 2014, 97 blood culture samples were collected from patients receiving chemotherapy for hematological malignancy and cancer with febrile neutropenia episodes (FNEs). The samples...

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Published in:	Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 189 - 193
Main Authors:	Teranishi, Hideto, Ohzono, Nanae, Inamura, Norikazu, Kato, Atsushi, Wakabayashi, Tokio, Akaike, Hiroto, Terada, Kihei, Ouchi, Kazunobu
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01-03-2015
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Bacteria Bacteria - isolation & purification Bacterial Infections - blood Blood - microbiology Blood culture Child Child, Preschool DNA Primers - chemistry DNA Probes - chemistry Febrile neutropenia Febrile Neutropenia - blood Febrile Neutropenia - microbiology Female Fungi Fungi - isolation & purification Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Mycoses - blood Real-time PCR assay Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods Young Adult Fungi Bacteria Blood culture Febrile neutropenia Real-time PCR assay
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