• Title of article

    Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification as a Diagnostic Tool in Culture-Negative Multiple-Valve Endocarditis

  • Author/Authors

    Navid Madershahian، نويسنده , , Justus T. Strauch، نويسنده , , Martin Breuer، نويسنده , , Raimund Bruhin، نويسنده , , Eberhard Straube، نويسنده , , Thorsten Wahlers، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    21
  • To page
    22
  • Abstract
    We report a case of culture-negative infectious endocarditis in a 17-year-old boy in which the etiologic diagnosis could only be provided by polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene from valve tissue.
  • Journal title
    The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Record number

    608473