β LACTA testing may not improve treatment decisions made with MALDI-TOF MS-informed antimicrobial stewardship advice for patients with Gram-negative bacteraemia: a prospective comparative study.

CONCLUSIONS: Under our test conditions, BLT, when used in conjunction with MALDI-TOF MS and AMST advice, did not allow a significant optimization of the antimicrobial prescription made on the basis AMST advice only. However, the impact of BLT should be evaluated in a population with high prevalence of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae and/or when treatment choices are not made by infectious disease specialists. PMID: 29265997 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research