Multiplex PCR System for Rapid Detection of Pathogens in Patients with Presumed Sepsis – A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis

• Shy-Shin Chang,

  Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Wen-Han Hsieh,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ting-Shou Liu,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Si-Huei Lee,

  Affiliations Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Taipei Veteran General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chih-Hung Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yunlin Branch, Douliou, Taiwan

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• Hao-Chang Chou,

  Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yunlin Branch, Douliou, Taiwan

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• Yee Hui Yeo,

  Affiliation School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ching-Ping Tseng ,

  * E-mail: ctseng@mail.cgu.edu.tw (CPT); cclee100@gmail.com (CCL)

  Affiliations Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

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• Chien-Chang Lee

  * E-mail: ctseng@mail.cgu.edu.tw (CPT); cclee100@gmail.com (CCL)

  Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yunlin Branch, Douliou, Taiwan, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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