1797. Combining Rapid Diagnostics With Pharmacy Resident-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship to Optimize Outcomes for Bacteremia With Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus (MRSA-B), Methicillin-Susceptible S. aureus (MSSA-B), and Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) at Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH)

BACKGROUND: Given the severity of S. aureus bacteremia, prompt initiation of appropriate antibiotics is key. YNHH implemented the Cepheid(®) Xpert MRSA/SA PCR in an effort to decrease the time needed to identify MRSA-B, MSSA-B, and CoNS. The impact of rapid diagnostics has been limited without stewa...

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Autores principales: Bejou, Nika, McManus, Dayna, Peaper, David, Topal, Jeffrey
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/PMC6254813/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1453

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