Impact of a rapid microarray-based assay for identification of positive blood cultures for treatment optimization for patients with streptococcal and enterococcal bacteremia.
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Implementation of the Verigene Gram-positive blood culture test led to reductions in time to acceptable antibiotic overall (1.9 versus 13.2 h, respectively; P=0.04) and time to appropriate antibiotic for patients with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (4.2 versus 43.7 h; P=0.006) and viridans group Streptococcus (0.2 versus 7.1 h; P=0.02).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 53 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015