What is it about?
Rapid identification of bacteria present in present in blood cultures can help guide physicians to administer more appropriate antibiotic therapy. The Sepsityper kit and MALDI-TOF MS is one method of identifying these bacteria.
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Why is it important?
Antibiotic resistance is becoming more common. This is believed to be due to the overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Being able to properly guide physicians to utilize narrow-spectrum antibiotics is of the utmost importance.
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This page is a summary of: Multicenter evaluation of the Sepsityper™ extraction kit and MALDI-TOF MS for direct identification of positive blood culture isolates using the BD BACTEC™ FX and VersaTREK®
diagnostic blood culture systems, Journal of Applied Microbiology, February 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12434.
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