Seven hours to adequate antimicrobial therapy in urosepsis using isothermal microcalorimetry.
J Clin Microbiol
; 52(2): 624-6, 2014 Feb.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24478498
ABSTRACT
Urosepsis can progress toward severe sepsis, septic shock, and, ultimately, death. Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing is crucial to decrease mortality and morbidity. This report shows that isothermal microcalorimetry can provide an antibiogram within 7 h with a sensitivity of 95% and specificity of 91% using Vitek-2 system as a reference.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Infecciones Urinarias
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Calorimetría
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Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Evaluation_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Microbiol
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Suiza