Acceleration of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of positive blood cultures by inoculation of Vitek 2 cards with briefly incubated solid medium cultures

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Abstract

Briefly incubated agar cultures from positive blood cultures were used for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) by Vitek 2. The cultivation time until inoculation was 3.8 h for Gram-positive cocci and 2.4 h for Gram-negative rods. The error rates were low, providing early and reliable AST without additional time or cost expenditure.

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Idelevich, E. A., Schüle, I., Grünastel, B., Wüllenweber, J., Peters, G., & Becker, K. (2014). Acceleration of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of positive blood cultures by inoculation of Vitek 2 cards with briefly incubated solid medium cultures. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52(11), 4058–4062. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02400-14

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