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2133. Clinical Impact of Implementation of Rapid Diagnostic Testing of Blood Cultures on Patient Outcomes

BACKGROUND: Rapid diagnostic testing (RDT) in microbiology labs shortens the time to identification of bacteria in blood cultures. This study evaluates the impact of implementation of Cepheid® GeneXpert® to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and S. aureus in Gram-positive blood cultu...

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Autores principales: Gritte, Anndee, Hopkins, Teri, Morneau, Kathleen, Frei, Christopher R, Cadena-Zuluaga, Jose, Walter, Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809654/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1813