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Rapid phenotypic methods to improve the diagnosis of bacterial bloodstream infections: meeting the challenge to reduce the time to result.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Sept 2018
Dubourg G, Lamy B, Ruimy R
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BACKGROUND: Administration of appropriate antimicrobial therapy is one of the key factors in surviving bloodstream infections. Blood culture is currently the reference standard for diagnosis, but conventional practices have long turnaround times while diagnosis needs to be faster to improve patient care. Phenotypic methods offer an advantage over genotypic methods in that they can identify a wide range of taxa,...
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