Impact of results of a rapid Staphylococcus aureus diagnostic test on prescribing of antibiotics for patients with clustered gram-positive cocci in blood cultures

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2056-2058

  Davies, Jane ^a   Gordon, Claire L ^a   Tong, Steven Y C ^a,b   Baird, Robert W ^a   Davis, Joshua S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84862063379     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06773-11     Document Type: Article

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