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Real-World Impact of the Accelerate PhenoTest BC Kit on Patients With Bloodstream Infections in the Improving Outcomes and Antimicrobial Stewardship Study: A Quasiexperimental Multicenter Study
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Real-World Impact of the Accelerate PhenoTest BC Kit on Patients With Bloodstream Infections in the Improving Outcomes and Antimicrobial Stewardship Study: A Quasiexperimental Multicenter Study

Amira A Bhalodi, Shawn H MacVane, Bradley Ford, Dilek Ince, Patrick M Kinn, Kelly M Percival, Derek N Bremmer, Dustin R Carr, Thomas L Walsh, Micah M Bhatti, …
Clinical infectious diseases, Vol.75(2), pp.269-277
10/27/2021
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab921
PMCID: PMC9410719
PMID: 34718456
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https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab921View
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Abstract

In this real-world, quasiexperimental, multicenter study, we found that use of the Accelerate PhenoTest BC Kit testing method for patients with bloodstream infections shortened the time to optimal therapy and time to antimicrobial deescalation due to faster antimicrobial modifications.
AcademicSubjects antimicrobial stewardship antimicrobial susceptibility testing bloodstream infections Major MED00290 rapid diagnostic tests

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