Efficacy of bacterial ribosomal RNA-targeted reverse transcription-quantitative PCR for detecting neonatal sepsis: a case control study

• Main Authors: Sato Hiroaki (Author), Shoji Hiromichi (Author), Komatsu Mitsutaka (Author), Matsunaga Nobuaki (Author), Nagata Satoru (Author), Hisata Ken (Author), Fujimori Makoto (Author), Yamashiro Yuichiro (Author), Asahara Takashi (Author), Nomoto Koji (Author), Shimizu Toshiaki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Neonatal sepsis is difficult to diagnose and pathogens cannot be detected from blood cultures in many cases. Development of a rapid and accurate method for detecting pathogens is thus essential. The main purpose of this study was to...