Seven hours to adequate antimicrobial therapy in urosepsis using isothermal microcalorimetry

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. Copyright © 2014, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.