Yuanhan Zhao, Ke Lin, Haocheng Zhang, Yanliang Zhang, Shaling Li, Shengguo Zhang, Wei Zhang, Aiming Zhou, Yangyang Zhuang, Jie Chen, Caixia Wu, Wei Zhou, Xiaoju He, Qiaoyan Yue, Meng Zhang, Yan Huang, Liang Li, Liang Hong, Fujing Cai, Lisu Huang, Zhengshang Ruan, Shanshan Xu, Yan Zhang, Xiaohua Chen, Jie Chen, Ying Ye, Tingting Bian, Jiabin Li, Jun Yin, Xiang Li, Lijing Jiang, Chen Lei, Jun Liu, Ying Zhang, Jialin Jin, Jingwen Ai, Jingye Pan, Wenhong Zhang
This study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of a novel droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (DDPCR) assay in sepsis patients. In this prospective cohort study, univariable and multivariable Cox regressions were used to assess risk factors for 28-day mortality. We also monitored pathogen load together with clinical indicators in a subgroup of the cohort. A total of 107 sepsis patients with positive baseline DDPCR results were included. Detection of poly-microorganisms [adjusted hazard ratio (HR) = 3...
March 25, 2024: Microbiology Spectrum