Real world clinical feasibility of direct-from-specimen antimicrobial susceptibility testing of clinical specimens with unknown microbial load or susceptibility

Abstract Within healthcare settings, physicians use antibiograms, which offer information on local susceptibility rates, as an aid in selecting empirical antibiotic therapy and avoiding the prescription of potentially ineffective drugs. While antibiograms display susceptibility and resistance data a...

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Main Authors: Jade Chen, Eduardo Navarro, Brian Mesich, Derek Gerstbrein, Amorina Cruz, Matthew L. Faron, Vincent Gau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21970-2