The IRIDICA BAC BSI Assay: Rapid, Sensitive and Culture-Independent Identification of Bacteria and Candida in Blood

Bloodstream infection (BSI) and sepsis are rising in incidence throughout the developed world. The spread of multi-drug resistant organisms presents increasing challenges to treatment. Surviving BSI is dependent on rapid and accurate identification of causal organisms, and timely application of appr...

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Main Authors: Metzgar, David, Frinder, Mark W., Rothman, Richard E., Peterson, Stephen, Carroll, Karen C., Zhang, Sean X., Avornu, Gideon D., Rounds, Megan A., Carolan, Heather E., Toleno, Donna M., Moore, David, Hall, Thomas A., Massire, Christian, Richmond, Gregory S., Gutierrez, Jose R., Sampath, Rangarajan, Ecker, David J., Blyn, Lawrence B.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4934770/