Microbiological Study for Comparison between Broad Range 16S rDNA PCR and Conventional Blood Culture for Diagnosis of Sepsis in The Newborn
Background: Neonatal sepsis is major reason for mortality and morbidity in newborns. Blood culture is gold standard for identifying bacterial sepsis. Even so, it has low sensitivity and produces outcomes late. Bacterial DNA identification in blood samples could represent new diagnostic tool for iden...
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Language: | English |
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Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Medicine (Damietta)
2023-02-01
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Series: | International Journal of Medical Arts |
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Online Access: | https://ijma.journals.ekb.eg/article_297712_9fe1e09dc59c11c35adb36aa59b6f9df.pdf |