Droplet Digital PCR for <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> Diagnosis in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Samples from Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

• Main Authors: Mirna Giselle Moreira (Author), Anna Gabriella Guimarães Oliveira (Author), Ihtisham Ul Haq (Author), Tatiana Flávia Pinheiro de Oliveira (Author), Wadi B. Alonazi (Author), Antônio Augusto Fonseca Júnior (Author), Vandack Alencar Nobre Junior (Author), Simone Gonçalves dos Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Advanced diagnostic technologies have made accurate and precise diagnosis of pathogens easy. Herein, we present a new diagnostic method, droplet digital PCR (ddPCR), to detect and quantify <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> in mini bronchoalveolar lavage (mini-BAL) samples. <i>A. bauma...