The role of DNA amplification and cultural growth in complicated acute appendicitis

The role of DNA amplification and cultural growth in complicated acute appendicitis

Bacterial growth of peritoneal fluid specimens obtained during surgical procedures for acute appendicitis may be useful to optimize further antibiotic therapy in complicated cases. DNA amplification represents a fast technique to detect microbial sequences. We aimed to compare the potential of DNA a...

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Main Authors: Francesca Tocchioni, Chiara Tani, Laura Bartolini, Maria Moriondo, Francesco Nieddu, Patrizia Pecile, Chiara Azzari, Antonio Messineo, Marco Ghionzoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-09-01
Series:Pediatric Reports
Subjects:
Antibiotics therapy
complicated appendicitis
microbiological culture
pathogens
Real-time-PCR.
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/pr/article/view/6487

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