The impact of a rapid molecular identification test on positive blood cultures from critically ill with bacteremia: A pre-post intervention study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Bloodstream infections in critically ill require a speeded-up microbiological diagnosis to improve clinical outcomes. In this pre-post intervention study, we evaluated how a molecular identification test directly performed on positive blood cultures of critically ill improves patient's therapeutic management. METHODS:All adult patients staying at the intensive care unit (ICU) at the time of positive blood culture detection were study-eligible. In the 8-month pre-intervention period (P0), standard positive blood culture management was performed. In the 10-month intervention period (P1), a BioFire® FilmArray® blood culture identification (FA-BCID) test (bioMérieux) was additionally performed 24/7 at detection. The evaluated clinical outcome was time to optimal antimicrobial treatm

SUBMITTER: Verroken A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6762135 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature