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Impact of a multiplex PCR assay for bloodstream infections with and without antimicrobial stewardship intervention at a cancer hospital

Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2018) 5(10)
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy258
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Implementation of Biofire FilmArray Blood Culture Identification Multiplex PCR panel (BCID) at a cancer hospital was associated with reduced time to appropriate antimicrobial therapy. Additional reductions were not observed when BCID was coupled with antimicrobial stewardship intervention.

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Buss, B. A., Baures, T. J., Yoo, M., Hanson, K. E., Alexander, D. P., Benefield, R. J., & Spivak, E. S. (2018). Impact of a multiplex PCR assay for bloodstream infections with and without antimicrobial stewardship intervention at a cancer hospital. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 5(10). https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy258

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