| Literature DB >> 1794370 |
M A Marcos1, J Vila, J Gratacos, M A Brancos, M T Jimenez de Anta.
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The value of determining D-lactate concentrations in body fluids for the rapid diagnosis of bacterial infections was investigated. A total of 336 body fluid samples were analyzed: 208 ascitic fluids, 57 synovial fluids, 40 cerebrospinal fluids and 32 pleural fluids. Using a cut-off value of 0.05 mM, the overall sensitivity was 0.96 and the specificity was 0.88. Therefore, the measurement of D-lactate concentration in body fluids offers a rapid (2-hour) and useful method of differentiating between infectious and non-infectious body fluid diseases.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1794370 DOI: 10.1007/BF02005455
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN: 0934-9723 Impact factor: 3.267