A "Culture" Shift: Broad Bacterial Detection, Identification, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Directly from Whole Blood.
BACKGROUND: The time required for bloodstream pathogen detection, identification (ID), and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) does not satisfy the acute needs of disease management. Conventional methods take up to 3 days for ID and AST. Molecular diagnostics have reduced times for ID, but th...
| Published in: | Clinical Chemistry Vol. 64; no. 10; pp. 1453 - 1463 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Oct2018
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