Impact of rapid in situ hybridization testing on coagulase-negative staphylococci positive blood cultures | Zendy

Graeme N. Forrest | Zendy; Sanjay Mehta | Zendy; Elizabeth Weekes | Zendy; Durry P. Lincalis | Zendy; J. Kristie Johnson | Zendy; Richard A. Venezia | Zendy

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Impact of rapid in situ hybridization testing on coagulase-negative staphylococci positive blood cultures

Author(s) -

Graeme N. Forrest,

Sanjay Mehta,

Elizabeth Weekes,

Durry P. Lincalis,

J. Kristie Johnson,

Richard A. Venezia

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkl146

Subject(s) - vancomycin , coagulase , staphylococcus aureus , medicine , antimicrobial , fluorescence in situ hybridization , cons , fish <actinopterygii> , blood culture , peptide nucleic acid , staphylococcus , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics , bacteria , peptide , biochemistry , fishery , gene , computer science , chromosome , genetics , programming language

To evaluate the impact of the rapid differentiation of Staphylococcus aureus from coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) in blood cultures using peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization (PNA FISH) on vancomycin usage, length of patient hospital stay and hospital costs.

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