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Evaluation of rapid phenotypic identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing in a pediatric oncology center.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Sept 2017
Brazelton de Cárdenas J N, Su Y, Rodriguez A, Hewitt C, Tang L, Garner C D, Hayden R T
Abstract excerpt
Identification (ID) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) remain rate limiting steps in producing actionable data for clinical care of bloodstream infections. Rapid, automated phenotypic ID and AST by fluorescent in situ hybridization and automated microscopy were used to characterize blood stream infections in a predominantly pediatric oncology patient population. Results were compared to standard of...
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