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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-11-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21970-2 |