Comparison of the sensitivity of culture, PCR and quantitative real-time PCR for the detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in sputum of cystic fibrosis patients

BACKGROUND: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the major pathogen involved in the decline of lung function in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Early aggressive antibiotic therapy has been shown to be effective in preventing chronic colonization. Therefore, early detection is important and sensitive detection m...

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Auteurs principaux: Deschaght, Pieter, De Baere, Thierry, Van Simaey, Leen, Van daele, Sabine, De Baets, Frans, De Vos, Daniel, Pirnay, Jean-Paul, Vaneechoutte, Mario
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: BioMed Central 2009
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Methodology article
Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2789735/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19943966
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-9-244
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