Evaluation of Multiplex Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction and Procalcitonin in the Diagnosis of Sepsis
CLINICAL LABORATORY, vol.60, no.7, pp.1075-1081, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 60 Issue: 7
- Publication Date: 2014
- Doi Number: 10.7754/clin.lab.2013.130732
- Journal Name: CLINICAL LABORATORY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.1075-1081
- Keywords: sepsis, blood culture, multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR), procalcitonin, BLOOD-STREAM INFECTIONS, PCR ASSAY, FUNGAL PATHOGENS, RAPID DETECTION, BACTERIAL, EPIDEMIOLOGY, CHILDREN
- Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Background: Sepsis is one of the most serious and life-threatening clinical conditions of childhood. This study has been designed to evaluate how useful multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is in the early diagnosis of responsible microorganisms of sepsis and to specify how serial procalcitonin level measurement is helpful to support diagnosis of sepsis.