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Review
. 2008 Dec;17(12):513-6.
doi: 10.12968/jowc.2008.17.12.31769.

A rapid molecular method for characterising bacterial bioburden in chronic wounds

R D Wolcott  1 , S E Dowd
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A rapid molecular method for characterising bacterial bioburden in chronic wounds

R D Wolcott et al. J Wound Care. 2008 Dec.

Abstract

Polymerase chain reaction is a culture-free method of identifying pathogens. This case study describes how, unlike traditional culture reports, a modification of this technique rapidly determined that Pseudomonas spp. was present in a chronic wound.

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