Bacteremia
Research from University of Witten has provided new data on bacteremia
Published in Blood Weekly, October 15th, 2009
According to a study from Cologne, Germany, "In a prospective, multicenter study of 342 blood samples from 187 patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, or neutropenic fever, a new commercial PCR test (SepsiTest; Molzym) was evaluated for rapid diagnosis of bacteremia. The test comprises a universal PCR from the 16S rRNA gene, with subsequent identification of bacteria from positive samples by sequence analysis of amplicons."
"Compared to blood culture ( BC), the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of the PCR were 87.0 and 85.8%, respectively. Considering the 34 BC-positive patients, 28 were also PCR positive in at least one of the samples,...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-10-15)
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