BMC Pediatrics

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Efficacy of bacterial ribosomal RNA-targeted reverse transcription-quantitative PCR for detecting neonatal sepsis: a case control study

Makoto Fujimori1*, Ken Hisata1, Satoru Nagata1,2, Nobuaki Matsunaga1, Mitsutaka Komatsu1, Hiromichi Shoji1, Hiroaki Sato1, Yuichiro Yamashiro2, Takashi Asahara3, Koji Nomoto3 and Toshiaki Shimizu1

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

2 Division of Laboratory for Probiotics Research, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

3 Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Tokyo, Japan

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BMC Pediatrics 2010, 10:53 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-10-53

Published: 29 July 2010

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Table 1: Baseline characteristics of patients.

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Table 2: Comparison of BrRNA-RT-qPCR and blood culture.

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Table 3: Positive results using the BrRNA-RT-qPCR method.

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Table 4: Summary of patients with positive-BrRNA-RT-qPCR/negative-blood culture in 2 sets of blood samples.

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