Sepsis

Microbiological Diagnosis of Sepsis: The Confounding Effect of a "Gold Standard".- Pathopysiological Aspects of Sepsis: An Overview.- Clinical Aspects of Sepsis: An Overview.- Technical Improvements in Culturing Blood.- Matrix-Assisted Laser-Desorption/Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/MS)-Based Identification of Pathogens from Positive Blood Culture Bottles.- Bacterial and Fungal DNA Extraction from Positive Blood Culture Bottles: A Manual and an Automated Protocol.- Broad-Range-PCR in the Identification of Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens from Positive Blood Culture Bottles: A Sequencing Approach.- Identification of Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens from Positive Blood Culture Bottles: A Microarray-Based Approach.- Detection of Carbapenemases Using Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) Meropenem Hydrolysis Assay.- Molecular Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Genes from Positive Blood Cultures.- Bacterial and Fungal DNA Extraction from Blood Samples: Manual Protocols.- Bacterial and Fungal DNA Extraction from Blood Samples: Automated Protocols.- Broad-Range-PCR in the Identification of Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens from Blood Samples: A Sequencing Approach.- Real-Time PCR-Based Identification of Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens from Blood Samples.- Host Response Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of Sepsis: A General Overview.- Host Response Biomarkers in Sepsis: The Role of Procalcitonin.- Host Response Biomarkers in Sepsis: Overview on sTREM-1 Detection.- Host Response Biomarkers in Sepsis: suPAR Detection.- Clinical Diagnosis of Sepsis and the Combined Use of Biomarkers, Culture- and Non-Culture-Based Assays.