Direct rapid antibiotic susceptibility test (dRAST) for blood culture and its potential usefulness in clinical practice

direct urease test and acridine orange staining on bactec blood culture for rapid presumptive diagnosis of brucellosis

brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases in iran and human brucellosis is endemic in all parts of the country. growth of brucella is slow and blood culture of these bacteria by use of classical methods is time-consuming. furthermore, in endemic area culture is required for definitive diagnosis. in the present study, direct urease test and acridine orange staining were tried on th...

[Functional dyspepsia and the satiety test: its usefulness in clinical practice].

INTRODUCTION According to the Rome III Criteria, functional dyspepsia (FD) is classified as postprandial distress syndrome (PDS) and epigastric pain syndrome (EPS). On the other hand, the satiety test (ST) has been used to evaluate gastric accommodation and emptying, distinguishing healthy individuals from those with dyspepsia. AIMS To determine whether the ST can distinguish dyspeptic indivi...

Quantitative Dengue Test: Is it Practical for Clinical Practice?

Clinical impact of rapid identification and susceptibility testing of bacterial blood culture isolates.

Two hundred twenty-six patients with bacteremia were prospectively enrolled in a randomized trial that was performed to determine the clinical impact of the receipt of in vitro microbiological data by the physician soon after organism detection as opposed to having the physicians wait until similar data were available by routine methods. Identification and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of ...

Clinical impact of rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing of blood culture isolates.

The results of a rapid, direct blood culture disk susceptibility test indicated that antimicrobial chemotherapy should be changed in 48 of 173 patients with bacteremia. In 32 patients (66.6%), the indicated change was made approximately 24 h sooner than if conventional, nonrapid susceptibility tests had been used to guide therapy.