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Same-Day Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Bacteria in Positive Blood Culture Broths Using Short-Term Incubation on Solid Medium with the MicroFlex LT, Vitek-MS, and Vitek2 Systems

BACKGROUND: Early and appropriate antibiotic treatment improves the clinical outcome of patients with septicemia; therefore, reducing the turn-around time for identification (ID) and antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) results is essential. We established a method for rapid ID and AST using shor...

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Autores principales: Ha, Jihye, Hong, Sung Kuk, Han, Geum Hee, Kim, Myungsook, Yong, Dongeun, Lee, Kyungwon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29401558
http://dx.doi.org/10.3343/alm.2018.38.3.235