Evaluation of a Multiplex PCR Assay with Molecular Beacon Probes to Rapidly Detect Bacterial Pathogens Directly in Bronchial Alveolar Lavage (BAL) Samples from Patients with Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP)
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DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1616
Abstract: Abstract Background Bacterial pneumonia is a common complication in hospitalized patients and it is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Standard culture-based methods may take 2–3 days to identify the etiologies of HAP, leading to… read more here.
Keywords: bal samples; research; pcr; consultant ... See more keywords
Seek and Ye Shall Find: COVID-19 and Bacterial Superinfection
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DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202107-1790ed
Abstract: Since the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and the massive influx of sick patients requiring mechanical ventilation in ICUs around the globe, frontline clinicians have repeatedly faced the same question: “Is it all… read more here.
Keywords: superinfection; patients covid; vap; bacterial superinfection ... See more keywords