Improving Turnaround Times for Routine Antimicrobial Sensitivity Testing Following European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methodology in Patients with Bacteraemia

Improving Turnaround Times for Routine Antimicrobial Sensitivity Testing Following European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methodology in Patients with Bacteraemia

<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Bacteraemia can be fatal without antibiotic intervention. Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (AST) provides the necessary information for targeted antibiotic therapy; however, the traditional method using disc diffusion can take over two days from a positive...

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Main Authors: Raewyn Edmondson, Kordo Saeed, Steve Green, Matthew O’Dwyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
bacteraemia
empiric treatment
antimicrobial stewardship
antibiotic susceptibility testing
EUCAST
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/13/11/1094
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