Collaboration between an antimicrobial stewardship team and the microbiology laboratory can shorten time to directed antibiotic therapy for methicillin-susceptible staphylococcal bacteremia and to discontinuation of antibiotics for coagulase-negative staphylococcal contaminants

Title

Collaboration between an antimicrobial stewardship team and the microbiology laboratory can shorten time to directed antibiotic therapy for methicillin-susceptible staphylococcal bacteremia and to discontinuation of antibiotics for coagulase-negative staphylococcal contaminants

Authors

Keywords

Antimicrobial stewardship, Rapid diagnostic tests, Staphylococcus aureus, Coagulase-negative staphylococci, Methicillin sensitive , Staphylococcus aureus

Journal

DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Volume -, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Online

2018-05-30

DOI

10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2018.05.020