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Title: | Impact of results of a rapid Staphylococcus aureus diagnostic test on prescribing of antibiotics for patients with clustered gram-positive cocci in blood cultures. |
Authors: | Davies J Gordon CL Tong SYC Baird RW Davis JS |
Citation: | Journal of clinical microbiology 2012-06; 50(6): 2056-8 |
Abstract: | In tropical northern Australia, approximately 20% of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We prospectively evaluated the impact on clinician antibiotic prescribing of the results obtained from performing the GeneXpert MRSA/SA test on 151 positive blood cultures with clustered gram-positive cocci. The GeneXpert result led to earlier appropriate prescription of vancomycin for 54% of patients with MRSA; 25% of patients avoided vancomycin, and 16% of patients had all antibiotics ceased. |
Click to open PubMed article: | https://www.ezpdhcs.nt.gov.au/login?url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed//22493335 |
Journal title: | Journal of clinical microbiology |
Publication Date: | 2012-06 |
Type: | Evaluation Study Journal Article |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10137/5686 |
DOI: | 10.1128/JCM.06773-11 |
Appears in Collections: | (a) NT Health Research Collection |
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