Evaluation of an Automated Rapid Diagnostic Assay for Detection of Gram-Negative Bacteria and Their Drug-Resistance Genes in Positive Blood Cultures

Masayoshi Tojo; Takahiro Fujita; Yusuke Ainoda; Maki Nagamatsu; Kayoko Hayakawa; Kazuhisa Mezaki; Aki Sakurai; Yoshinori Masui; Hirohisa Yazaki; Hiroshi Takahashi; Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama; Kyoichi Totsuka; Teruo Kirikae; Norio Ohmagari

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094064

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Evaluation of an Automated Rapid Diagnostic Assay for Detection of Gram-Negative Bacteria and Their Drug-Resistance Genes in Positive Blood Cultures

Masayoshi Tojo,

Affiliations Disease Control and Prevention Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Takahiro Fujita,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Yusuke Ainoda,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Maki Nagamatsu,

Affiliations Disease Control and Prevention Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Kayoko Hayakawa,

Affiliation Disease Control and Prevention Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Kazuhisa Mezaki,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Aki Sakurai,

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kohnodai Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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Yoshinori Masui,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kohnodai Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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Hirohisa Yazaki,

Affiliation AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Hiroshi Takahashi,

Affiliation East-West Diagnostics/Theranostics, LLC, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Kyoichi Totsuka,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Teruo Kirikae ,

* E-mail: tkirikae@ri.ncgm.go.jp

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Norio Ohmagari

Affiliation Disease Control and Prevention Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Evaluation of an Automated Rapid Diagnostic Assay for Detection of Gram-Negative Bacteria and Their Drug-Resistance Genes in Positive Blood Cultures

Masayoshi Tojo,
Takahiro Fujita,
Yusuke Ainoda,
Maki Nagamatsu,
Kayoko Hayakawa,
Kazuhisa Mezaki,
Aki Sakurai,
Yoshinori Masui,
Hirohisa Yazaki,
Hiroshi Takahashi

Published: April 4, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094064

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