Diagnostic accuracy of the ROCHE Septifast PCR system for the rapid detection of blood pathogens in neonatal sepsis—A prospective clinical trial

Julia Straub; Helga Paula; Michaela Mayr; David Kasper; Ojan Assadian; Angelika Berger; Judith Rittenschober-Böhm

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0187688

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Diagnostic accuracy of the ROCHE Septifast PCR system for the rapid detection of blood pathogens in neonatal sepsis—A prospective clinical trial

Julia Straub,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care and Neuropediatrics, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Helga Paula,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Michaela Mayr,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care and Neuropediatrics, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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David Kasper,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Research Core Unit of Pediatric Biochemistry and Analytics, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Ojan Assadian,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Angelika Berger,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care and Neuropediatrics, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Judith Rittenschober-Böhm

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Judith.rittenschober-boehm@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care and Neuropediatrics, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2361-7196

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Diagnostic accuracy of the ROCHE Septifast PCR system for the rapid detection of blood pathogens in neonatal sepsis—A prospective clinical trial

Julia Straub,
Helga Paula,
Michaela Mayr,
David Kasper,
Ojan Assadian,
Angelika Berger,
Judith Rittenschober-Böhm

Published: November 8, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187688

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