Broad-Range PCR in the Identification of Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens from Positive Blood Culture Bottles: A Sequencing Approach

Rapid identification of causative bacteria in patients with sepsis can contribute to appropriate selection of antibiotics and improvement of patients’ prognosis. Genotypic identification is an emerging technology that may provide an alternative method to, or complement, established phenotypic identification procedures.

Source: Springer protocols feed by Microbiology - October 17, 2014 Category: Microbiology Source Type: news