1877. Discrepant Susceptibilities Have Minimal Impact on Antibiotic Prescribing for Patients With Two or More Blood Cultures Positive for Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci

BACKGROUND: CoNS are common blood culture (BCx) contaminants resulting in unnecessary antibiotic therapy. Species reporting of CoNS is now possible in many medical centers due to new technology. When CoNS are isolated from multiple BCx, factors such as different susceptibility patterns and/or differ...

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Autores principales: Smith, Jessica, Palavecino, Elizabeth, Beardsley, James, Johnson, James, Ohl, Christopher, Luther, Vera, Williamson, John
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/PMC6254893/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1533

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254893/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1533

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