Sustained impact of a rapid microarray-based assay with antimicrobial stewardship interventions on optimizing therapy in patients with Gram-positive bacteraemia
Author(s) -
Edina Avdic,
Ruibin Wang,
David X. Li,
Pranita D. Tamma,
Stephanie Shulder,
Karen C. Carroll,
Sara E. Cosgrove
Publication year - 2017
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/dkx267
Subject(s) - medicine , antimicrobial stewardship , bacteremia , blood culture , discontinuation , psychological intervention , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , psychiatry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
To compare antibiotic optimization and outcomes of patients before implementation of the Verigene Gram-Positive Blood Culture (Verigene BC-GP) nucleic acid microarray assay to after implementation with antimicrobial stewardship (AS) interventions and after discontinuation of AS interventions.
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