Collaboration between an antimicrobial stewardship team and the microbiology laboratory can shorten time to directed antibiotic therapy for methicillin susceptible staphylococcal bacteremia and to discontinuation of antibiotics for coagulase-negative staphylococcal contaminants

Rapid identification of Gram positive cocci in clusters (GPCC) in positive blood cultures (pBC) may limit exposure to unnecessary or inappropriate antibiotics.

Source: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease - May 29, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Tanaya Bhowmick, Thomas J. Kirn, Frances Hetherington, Shandurai Takavarasha, Sarbjit S. Sandhu, Shveta Gandhi, Navaneeth Narayanan, Melvin P. Weinstein Source Type: research