Rapid diagnosis of bloodstream infections in the critically ill: Evaluation of the broad-range PCR/ESI-MS technology

Martina Tassinari; Silvia Zannoli; Patrizia Farabegoli; Maria Federica Pedna; Anna Pierro; Antonio Mastroianni; Riccardo Fontan; Luciano Luongo; Giuseppe Sarnataro; Elisa Menegatti; Assunta Caruso; Vittorio Sambri

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0197436

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Rapid diagnosis of bloodstream infections in the critically ill: Evaluation of the broad-range PCR/ESI-MS technology

Martina Tassinari ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: martina.tassinari@auslromagna.it (MT); silvia.zannoli@auslromagna.it (SZ)

Affiliation Unit of Microbiology, The Great Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Pievesestina, Italy

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5908-4152

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Silvia Zannoli ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: martina.tassinari@auslromagna.it (MT); silvia.zannoli@auslromagna.it (SZ)

Affiliation Unit of Microbiology, The Great Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Pievesestina, Italy
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Patrizia Farabegoli,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Unit of Microbiology, The Great Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Pievesestina, Italy
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Maria Federica Pedna,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit of Microbiology, The Great Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Pievesestina, Italy
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Anna Pierro,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization

Affiliation Unit of Microbiology, The Great Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Pievesestina, Italy
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Antonio Mastroianni,

Roles Resources

Current address: Annunziata Hospital, Cosenza, Italy

Affiliation Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy
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Riccardo Fontan,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Santa Maria delle Croci Hospital, Ravenna, Italy
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Luciano Luongo,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Santa Maria delle Croci Hospital, Ravenna, Italy
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Giuseppe Sarnataro,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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Elisa Menegatti,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Umberto I Hospital, Lugo, Italy
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Assunta Caruso,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Infermi Hospital, Rimini, Italy
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Vittorio Sambri

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Unit of Microbiology, The Great Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Pievesestina, Italy, DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Rapid diagnosis of bloodstream infections in the critically ill: Evaluation of the broad-range PCR/ESI-MS technology

Martina Tassinari,
Silvia Zannoli,
Patrizia Farabegoli,
Maria Federica Pedna,
Anna Pierro,
Antonio Mastroianni,
Riccardo Fontan,
Luciano Luongo,
Giuseppe Sarnataro,
Elisa Menegatti

Published: May 15, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197436

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