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A comparative study of a rapid phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing system directly from positive blood cultures to the disk diffusion and VITEK 2 methods.
Journal of microbiological methods - 1 Nov 2024
Strauss Merav, Suleiman Shereen Affan, Lauz Najwa, Reznik-Gitlitz Bela, Sagas Dana, Colodner Raul
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BACKGROUND: Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that impacts 49 million people annually and causes 11 million deaths worldwide. Surviving bloodstream infections (BSIs) depends on the rapid administration of effective antimicrobial treatment, underscoring a need for rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST). AIM: To evaluate the performance of Quantamatrix's dRAST v2.5 system (Seoul, South Korea) for AST...
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