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ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2010

Evaluation of the alkaline wash/lysis procedure for the molecular diagnosis of a positive bacterial blood culture in clinical routine practice.

Sheng-Chuan Hsi, Jun-Ren Sun, Tzong-Shi Chiueh

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Article in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sheng-Chuan HsiHsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Jun-Ren Sun
Tzong-Shi Chiueh
Tri-Service General Hospital · TWHsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blood culture is commonly used to detect microorganisms in patients with a suspected blood infection. This study evaluated the alkaline wash/lysis procedure to extract DNA of microorganisms in a clinical blood culture. A multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeting the 16S rDNA (ribosomal DNA) gene and the fungal ITS (internal transcribed spacer) gene was used as a reliable indicator for the presence of microorganism DNA in the extracts. A total of 535 BacT/ALERT positive blood culture bottles were evaluated. Multiplex PCR showed positive results in 530 DNA extracts, but 5 DNA extracts gave negative results. We conclude that the alkaline wash/lysis procedure in combination with the multiplex PCR is a simple and sensitive method, which can be used in a standard diagnostic laboratory to detect microorganisms in blood culture material.

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BacteremiaBloodDNA, BacterialDNA, FungalDNA, IntergenicFungemiaHumansMolecular TypingPolymerase Chain ReactionRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSensitivity and SpecificityDNA, BacterialDNA, FungalDNA, IntergenicRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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PMID20486192
PMCPMC6647685
OpenAlexW2150756074

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