Using Rapid Diagnostic Tests to Optimize Antimicrobial Selection in Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs

Impact upon clinical outcomes of translation of PNA FISH-generated laboratory data from the clinical microbiology bench to bedside in real time

(2016) Shmuel Shoham   Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Does My Patient Have Clostridium difficile Infection?

(2013) Lance R. Peterson   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Impact of PCR Testing for Clostridium difficile on Incident Rates and Potential on Public Reporting: Is the Playing Field Level?

(2011) Kimberlee S. Fong et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Performance and Cost Analysis of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Routine Identification of Yeast

(2011) N. Dhiman et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison of Strain Typing Results for Clostridium difficile Isolates from North America

(2011) F. C. Tenover et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Assessment of Impact of Peptide Nucleic Acid Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization for Rapid Identification of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in the Absence of Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention

(2011) C. Holtzman et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Potential impact of rapid diagnostic tests on improving antimicrobial use

(2010) Fred C. Tenover   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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

Impact of an Assay That Enables Rapid Determination of Staphylococcus Species and Their Drug Susceptibility on the Treatment of Patients with Positive Blood Culture Results

(2010) Mark Parta et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults: 2010 Update by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

(2010) Stuart H. Cohen et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Clostridium difficileTesting in the Clinical Laboratory by Use of Multiple Testing Algorithms

(2010) Susan M. Novak-Weekley et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Direct Identification of Urinary Tract Pathogens from Urine Samples by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

(2010) L. Ferreira et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Multicenter Evaluation of a New Shortened Peptide Nucleic Acid Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Procedure for Species Identification of Select Gram-Negative Bacilli from Blood Cultures

(2010) M. Morgan et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid Identification of Bacteria from Positive Blood Culture Bottles by Use of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Fingerprinting

(2010) M. Christner et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of the Cepheid XpertClostridium difficileEpi Assay for Diagnosis ofClostridium difficileInfection and Typing of the NAP1 Strain at a Cancer Hospital

(2010) N. Esther Babady et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Economic healthcare costs of Clostridium difficile infection: a systematic review

(2010) S.S. Ghantoji et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

The role of toxin A and toxin B in Clostridium difficile infection

(2010) Sarah A. Kuehne et al.   NATURE

Ongoing Revolution in Bacteriology: Routine Identification of Bacteria by Matrix‐Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time‐of‐Flight Mass Spectrometry

(2009) Piseth Seng et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Candidiasis: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

(2009) Peter G. Pappas et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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

Comparison of BD GeneOhm Cdiff Real-Time PCR Assay with a Two-Step Algorithm and a Toxin A/B Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Diagnosis of ToxigenicClostridium difficileInfection

(2009) Elizabeth J. Kvach et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison of Nine Commercially Available Clostridium difficile Toxin Detection Assays, a Real-Time PCR Assay for C. difficile tcdB, and a Glutamate Dehydrogenase Detection Assay to Cytotoxin Testing and Cytotoxigenic Culture Methods

(2009) K. Eastwood et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Utility of a Commercially Available Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay To Detect Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens in Febrile Neutropenia

(2009) M. von Lilienfeld-Toal et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid Detection of Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in Wound Specimens and Blood Cultures: Multicenter Preclinical Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert MRSA/SA Skin and Soft Tissue and Blood Culture Assays

(2009) D. M. Wolk et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Toxin B is essential for virulence of Clostridium difficile

(2009) Dena Lyras et al.   NATURE

Insights from the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists on Antimicrobial Stewardship Guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

(2009) Richard H Drew et al.   PHARMACOTHERAPY

Evaluation of Enzyme Immunoassays to Detect Clostridium difficile Toxin From Anaerobic Stool Culture

(2008) Rosemary C. She et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

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

Impact of mecA Gene Testing and Intervention by Infectious Disease Clinical Pharmacists on Time to Optimal Antimicrobial Therapy for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia at a University Hospital

(2008) P. L. Carver et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Clostridium difficile— More Difficult Than Ever

(2008) Ciarán P. Kelly et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE