Impact of a rapid blood culture assay for gram-positive identification and detection of resistance markers in a pediatric hospital

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 267-275

  Felsenstein, Susanna ^a   Bender, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Sposto, Richard ^a,b   Gentry, Matthew ^a   Takemoto, Carol ^a   Bard, Jennifer Dien ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST; COST CONTROL; DRUG EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME TO TREATMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COST SAVINGS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOS ANGELES; MOLECULAR TYPING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84959560385     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2015-0119-OA     Document Type: Article

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