How could rapid bacterial identification improve the management of septic patients?

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

Application and use of various mass spectrometry methods in clinical microbiology

(2010) S. Emonet et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Detection of microorganisms in blood specimens using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry: a review

(2010) M. Drancourt   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Clinical impact of a real-time PCR assay for rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus and determination of methicillin resistance from positive blood cultures

(2010) V. Cattoir et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Antibiotics in sepsis and septic shock: Like everything else in life, timing is everything*

(2010) Shelly Zubert et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

New technology for rapid molecular diagnosis of bloodstream infections

(2010) David J Ecker et al.   EXPERT REVIEW OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

Real-Time Identification of Bacteria and Candida Species in Positive Blood Culture Broths by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

(2010) A. Ferroni et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Initiation of Inappropriate Antimicrobial Therapy Results in a Fivefold Reduction of Survival in Human Septic Shock

(2009) Anand Kumar et al.   CHEST

Multiplex real-time PCR and blood culture for identification of bloodstream pathogens in patients with suspected sepsis

(2009) H. Westh et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Accelerated identification of Staphylococcus aureus from blood cultures by a modified fluorescence in situ hybridization procedure

(2009) S. Poppert et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Cross-Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clonal Strains Causing Episodes of Sepsis in a Trauma Intensive Care Unit

(2008) Antonios Markogiannakis et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Ibis T5000: a universal biosensor approach for microbiology

(2008) David J. Ecker et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY