Impact of Adding a Rapid PCR-Based Blood Culture Identification Panel to the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program of Patients with Febrile Neutropenia in a Peruvian Referral Hospital

Impact of Adding a Rapid PCR-Based Blood Culture Identification Panel to the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program of Patients with Febrile Neutropenia in a Peruvian Referral Hospital

The addition of Biofire<sup>®</sup> FilmArray<sup>®</sup> Blood Culture Identification panel 2 (BCID2) to the antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) could improve outcomes in bloodstream infections (BSI) of patients with febrile neutropenia (FN). A pre- and post-quasi-experi...

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Main Authors: Giancarlo Pérez-Lazo, Juana del Valle-Mendoza, Roxana Sandoval-Ahumada, Fernando Soto-Febres, Raúl Castillo-Córdova, Melissa Zárate-Tantaleán, Liliana Morales-Castillo, Celia Joanna Páucar-Miranda, Milagros Altamirano-Molina, Iván Pacheco-Modesto, Claudia Ruiz de Somocurcio-Cruzado, Denis Arana-Jurado, Carmen del Villar-Alarcón, Olga Vargas-Castro, Carol Díaz-Bardales, Bruno Guerrero-Arismendiz, Renee Eyzaguirre-Zapata, Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis, Johanna Martins-Luna, Wilmer Silva-Caso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
febrile neutropenia
antimicrobial stewardship
Peru
outcome
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/12/4/648

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