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194. Description of Positive Blood Culture Results not Identified by Verigene Informs Empiric Antibiotic Selection

BACKGROUND: Bloodstream infections are a leading cause of mortality amongst hospitalized patients. Optimizing time to pathogen identification and receipt of appropriate antibiotic therapy significantly decreases mortality, morbidity, and length of hospitalization. Rapid diagnostic tests, such as Ver...

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Autores principales: Deri, Connor, Nesbitt, Whitney, Nelson, George, Keefe, Jessica
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/PMC6810144/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.269