Preliminary antimicrobial susceptibility: possibility of early and effective therapy during treatment of septic patients

Blood cultures have the drawback of requiring long time to be carried out. Our study was designed with the aim of early reports on both causing agents and preliminary antimicrobial susceptibility. We carried out a direct antimicrobial susceptibility on 79 positive blood cultures (42 for Gram-negativ...

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Main Authors: Maria Antonietta Distasi, Giuseppe Mennea, Angela Pirronti, Tito Del Gaudio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-03-01
Series:Microbiologia Medica
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/3268