Is It Actionable? An Evaluation of the Rapid PCR-Based Blood Culture Identification Panel on the Management of Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Blood Stream Infections | Zendy

Andrew S. Tseng | Zendy; Sabirah N Kasule | Zendy; Felicia Rice | Zendy; Lanyu Mi | Zendy; Lynn Chan | Zendy; Maria Teresa Seville | Zendy; Thomas E. Grys | Zendy

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Is It Actionable? An Evaluation of the Rapid PCR-Based Blood Culture Identification Panel on the Management of Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Blood Stream Infections

Author(s) -

Andrew S. Tseng,

Sabirah N Kasule,

Felicia Rice,

Lanyu Mi,

Lynn Chan,

Maria Teresa Seville,

Thomas E. Grys

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy308

Subject(s) - medicine , antimicrobial stewardship , blood culture , gram staining , antimicrobial , antibiotics , gram , intensive care medicine , identification (biology) , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , genetics , botany

Although BCID significantly reduced the time to identification for both GP-BSIs and GN-BSIs, BCID did not reduce the time to first appropriate antimicrobial escalation and de-escalation.

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