A Tertiary Care Center’s Experience with Novel Molecular Meningitis/Encephalitis Diagnostics and Implementation with Antimicrobial Stewardship

Executive Summary: Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

(2016) Tamar F. Barlam et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Multicenter Evaluation of BioFire FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel for Detection of Bacteria, Viruses, and Yeast in Cerebrospinal Fluid Specimens

(2016) Amy L. Leber et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Benefits of Adding a Rapid PCR-Based Blood Culture Identification Panel to an Established Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

(2016) Shawn H. MacVane et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Impact of Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing for Respiratory Pathogens on Healthcare Resource Utilization for Pediatric Inpatients

(2016) Anupama Subramony et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

Enhancing pathogen identification in patients with meningitis and a negative Gram stain using the BioFire FilmArray® Meningitis/Encephalitis panel

(2016) Susan H. Wootton et al.   Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

How to Pitch an Antibiotic Stewardship Program to the Hospital C-Suite

(2016) Brad Spellberg et al.   Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Randomized Trial of Rapid Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction–Based Blood Culture Identification and Susceptibility Testing

(2015) Ritu Banerjee et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Encephalitis Hospitalization Rates and Inpatient Mortality in the United States, 2000-2010

(2014) Benjamin P. George et al.   PLoS One

Impact of Rapid Organism Identification via Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Combined With Antimicrobial Stewardship Team Intervention in Adult Patients With Bacteremia and Candidemia

(2013) Angela M. Huang et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Integrating Rapid Pathogen Identification and Antimicrobial Stewardship Significantly Decreases Hospital Costs

(2012) Katherine K. Perez et al.   ARCHIVES OF PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE

An Antimicrobial Stewardship Program’s Impact with Rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureus/S. aureusBlood Culture Test in Patients withS. aureusBacteremia

(2010) Karri A. Bauer et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Peptide Nucleic Acid Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization for Hospital-Acquired Enterococcal Bacteremia: Delivering Earlier Effective Antimicrobial Therapy

(2008) G. N. Forrest et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY