Sepsis : Diagnostic Methods and Protocols - Mancini, Nicasio; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Humana, 2015)
Microbiological Diagnosis of Sepsis: The Confounding Effect of a "Gold Standard" -- Pathopysiological Aspects of Sepsis: An Overview -- Clinical Aspects of Sepsis: An Overview -- Technical Improvements in Culturing Blood -- Matrix-Assisted Laser-Desorption/Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/MS)-Based Identification of Pathogens from Positive Blood Culture Bottles -- Bacterial and Fungal DNA Extraction from Positive Blood Culture Bottles: A Manual and an Automated Protocol -- Broad-Range-PCR in the Identification of Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens from Positive Blood Culture Bottles: A Sequencing Approach -- Identification of Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens from Positive Blood Culture Bottles: A Microarray-Based Approach -- Detection of Carbapenemases Using Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) Meropenem Hydrolysis Assay --  Molecular Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Genes from Positive Blood Cultures -- Bacterial and Fungal DNA Extraction from Blood Samples: Manual Protocols -- Bacterial and Fungal DNA Extraction from Blood Samples: Automated Protocols -- Broad-Range-PCR in the Identification of Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens from Blood Samples: A Sequencing Approach -- Real-Time PCR-Based Identification of Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens from Blood Samples -- Host Response Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of Sepsis: A General Overview -- Host Response Biomarkers in Sepsis: The Role of Procalcitonin -- Host Response Biomarkers in Sepsis: Overview on sTREM-1 Detection -- Host Response Biomarkers in Sepsis: suPAR Detection -- Clinical Diagnosis of Sepsis and the Combined Use of Biomarkers, Culture- and Non-Culture-Based Assays.
Keywords: Microbiology; Pathology; Microbiology; Pathology