Multiplex bacterial polymerase chain reaction in a cohort of patients with pleural effusion

Abstract Background The identification of the pathogens in pleural effusion has mainly relied on conventional bacterial culture or single species polymerase chain reaction (PCR), both with relatively low sensitivity. We investigated the efficacy of a commercially available multiplex bacterial PCR as...

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Main Authors: Léo Franchetti, Desiree M. Schumann, Michael Tamm, Kathleen Jahn, Daiana Stolz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-4793-6