Optimization of antimicrobial therapy in vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteraemia using a rapid detection Gram-positive blood culture assay

Optimization of antimicrobial therapy in vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteraemia using a rapid detection Gram-positive blood culture assay

Rapid molecular blood culture Gram-positive (BC-GP) assay can promptly identify vancomycin-resistant enterococcal (VRE) bloodstream infections (BSIs). We sought to evaluate patients with VRE BSI following the pre (N = 44) and post (N = 20) implementation of Verigene BC-GP assay. The average time to...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of hospital infection 2018-06, Vol.99 (2), p.153-157
Hauptverfasser: Nakagawa, R., Jain, R., Bryan, A.B., Chan, J.D.
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Sprache:eng
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Antimicrobial optimization
Bacteraemia
Gram-positive blood culture assay
Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus
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Zusammenfassung:Rapid molecular blood culture Gram-positive (BC-GP) assay can promptly identify vancomycin-resistant enterococcal (VRE) bloodstream infections (BSIs). We sought to evaluate patients with VRE BSI following the pre (N = 44) and post (N = 20) implementation of Verigene BC-GP assay. The average time to detection of VRE was 25.9 ± 4.1h (95% confidence interval (CI): 17.6–34.1; P 
ISSN:0195-6701
1532-2939
DOI:10.1016/j.jhin.2017.12.012