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.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
³ Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
⁴ Center for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
⁵ Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.

PMID: 29626413
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