The Accelerate Pheno™ System-A New Tool in Microbiological Diagnostics of Bloodstream Infections: A Pilot Study from Poland.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of the Accelerate Pheno™ system (APS) (Accelerate Diagnostics, Denver, CO, USA) for rapid laboratory diagnosis of bloodstream infections. The study included 45 positive blood samples obtained from patients hospitalized in University Hospital No. 1 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. In 40 (88.9%) blood samples, the APS was capable of identification of at least one microorganism at the genus or species level and in 38 (84.4%) of them additionally assessed antimicrobial susceptibility. The time of identification and the time to result of antimicrobial susceptibility ranged from 1:32 to 1:42 and 5:02 to 5:36 h, respectively. Six positive blood samples revealed a poly-microbial culture. In these cases, only one out of two or three microorganisms was detec

SUBMITTER: Zalas-Wiecek P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9781321 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature