Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and culture of buffy coat, whole blood pcr in comparison with whole blood culture for detection of bacteremia
Bacteremia, which can eventually lead to sepsis, has an overall in-patient mortality of 20% and can reach to 90% to those patients with shock and organ failure. Early detection is imperative so that appropriate antibiotic treatment cna be administered thus, increasing the survival rate of patients....
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