Comparative analysis of two broad-range PCR assays for pathogen detection in positive-blood-culture bottles: PCR-high-resolution melting analysis versus PCR-mass spectrometry.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on August 01, 2012

Authors

Kevin Jeng1, Charlotte A Gaydos, Lawrence B Blyn, Samuel Yang, Helen Won, Heather Matthews, Donna Toleno, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Karen C Carroll, Justin Hardick, Billy Masek, Alexander Kecojevic, Rangarajan Sampath, Stephen Peterson, Richard E Rothman

Author Affiliations

1: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. kyj2@duke.edu

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