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. 1982 Jun;21(6):1023–1024. doi: 10.1128/aac.21.6.1023

Clinical Impact of Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Blood Culture Isolates

Gary V Doern 1, David R Scott 2, Abdel L Rashad 3
PMCID: PMC182067  PMID: 7114834

Abstract

The results of a rapid, direct blood culture disk susceptibility test indicated that antimicrobial chemotherapy should be changed in 48 of 173 patients with bacteremia. In 32 patients (66.6%), the indicated change was made approximately 24 h sooner than if conventional, nonrapid susceptibility tests had been used to guide therapy.

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