Digital PCR applications for the diagnosis and management of infection in critical care medicine

Infection (either community acquired or nosocomial) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in critical care medicine. Sepsis is present in up to 30% of all ICU patients. A large fraction of sepsis cases is driven by severe community acquired pneumonia (sCAP), which incidence has dramatically in...

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Published in:	Critical care (London, England) Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 63 - 10
Main Authors:	Merino, Irene, de la Fuente, Amanda, Domínguez-Gil, Marta, Eiros, José María, Tedim, Ana P., Bermejo-Martín, Jesús F.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 21.03.2022 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Antimicrobial agents Bacterial pneumonia Care and treatment Community-acquired infections Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - diagnosis Critical Care Critical Care Medicine Critically ill patients Diagnosis Digital PCR Drug resistance Emergency Medicine Evaluation Host response Humans Identification Infection diagnosis Infectious diseases Intensive Intensive care Management Medical diagnosis Medical prognosis Medicine Medicine & Public Health Methods Microorganisms Nosocomial infections Pandemics Pathogens Patients Pneumonia Polymerase chain reaction Prognosis and treatment guidance Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods Reproducibility of Results Review Risk factors Sepsis Technology application Ventilators Spain Host response Digital PCR Prognosis and treatment guidance Infection diagnosis Critically ill patients
ISSN:	1364-8535, 1466-609X, 1364-8535, 1466-609X, 1366-609X
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