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Predictive Value of Direct Disk Diffusion Testing from Positive Blood Cultures in a Children’s Hospital and Its Utility in Antimicrobial Stewardship

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Published in 2021 at "Journal of Clinical Microbiology"

DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02445-20

Abstract: Accurate and early susceptibility results could reduce overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics for empirical treatment of bacteremia. Direct disk diffusion testing (dDD) using nonstandardized inocula directly from blood cultures could facilitate earlier narrowing of antibiotics. ABSTRACT… read more here.

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