Open AccessPerformance of the Verigene Gram-Positive Blood Culture Assay for Direct Detection of Gram-Positive Organisms and Resistance Markers in a Pediatric Hospital
Author(s) -
Javier Mestas,
Claudia M. Polanco,
Susanna Felsenstein,
Jennifer Dien Bard
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.02322-13
Subject(s) - concordance , gram , blood culture , turnaround time , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , antibiotics , computer science , operating system , genetics
The performance characteristics of the Verigene Gram-positive blood culture (BC-GP) assay were evaluated in pediatric patients. Concordance of the BC-GP assay was 95.8%, with significant decreases in turnaround time for identification and resistance detection. BC-GP is highly accurate and can be integrated into the routine workflow of the microbiology laboratory.
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