[Clinical and diagnostic value of including PCR blood test in the traditional algorithm for identifying causative agents of infective endocarditis: a cohort study of 124 patients].
E O KotovaElvira A DomonovaZhanna D KobalavaA Y MoiseevaAlexandra S PisaryukO Y SilveystrovaJ L KaraulovaVasiliy Gennadevich AkimkinPublished in: Terapevticheskii arkhiv (2023)
Expansion of indications for the use of PCR studies, primarily whole venous blood samples, is justified, not only in IE with negative results of microbiological examination, but also as a control method for the reliability of the results of traditional (cultural) diagnostic methods.