Vibrio vulnificus DNA load and mortality.

ABSTRACT: We determined the association between DNA load and mortality in patients with Vibrio vulnificus infection. Real-time PCR performed on sera of 27 culture-positive patients showed a significantly higher median DNA load in nonsurvivors than in survivors. Hence, real-time PCR can be used as an early prognostic factor in V. vulnificus septicemia.

SUBMITTER: Kim DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3020430 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature