2061. Impact of a Penicillin-Binding Protein 2a Rapid Diagnostic Test on Patients Who Present with Staphylococcus aureus Orthopedic Hardware Infections

BACKGROUND: Waiting for culture availability from orthopedic hardware (HW) infections delays patient discharge and time to definitive antimicrobial therapy. In February 2017, Vanderbilt University Hospital (VUH) implemented a penicillin-binding protein 2a-based rapid diagnostic, Alere(®), to differe...

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Autores principales: Hayes, Jillian, Nesbitt, Whitney, Wright, Patty, Greene, Matthew, Nelson, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6252920/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1717

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6252920/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1717

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