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. Copyright © 2012, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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Davies, J., Gordon, C. L., Tong, S. Y. C., Baird, R. W., & Davis, J. S. (2012). Impact of results of a rapid Staphylococcus aureus diagnostic test on prescribing of antibiotics for patients with clustered gram-positive cocci in blood cultures. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 50(6), 2056–2058. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.06773-11
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