Microbiomic Analysis of Intra-Abdominal Infections by Using Denaturing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography: A Prospective Observational Study.

Background: Intra-abdominal infections represent a subgroup of septic syndromes with high death rates and the need for prompt and appropriate antimicrobial therapy. Conventional culture-based microbial identification has notable shortcomings in the diagnostics of polymicrobial infections. Modern culture-independent molecular methods may represent a new diagnostic approach.