Impact of a Multiplex PCR Assay for Bloodstream Infections With and Without Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention at a Cancer Hospital - Concepedia

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Impact of a Multiplex PCR Assay for Bloodstream Infections With and Without Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention at a Cancer Hospital

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2018

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Brian Buss, Timothy Baures, Minkyoung Yoo, Kimberly E. Hanson, Donald P. Alexander, Russell J Benefield, Emily S Spivak

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Abstract

Implementation of Biofire FilmArray Blood Culture Identification Multiplex PCR panel (BCID) at a cancer hospital was associated with reduced time to appropriate antimicrobial therapy. Additional reductions were not observed when BCID was coupled with antimicrobial stewardship intervention.

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