The added cost of rapid diagnostic testing and active antimicrobial stewardship: Is it worth it?

Erin McElvania TeKippe

The added cost of rapid diagnostic testing and active antimicrobial stewardship: Is it worth it?

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Abstract

Rapid diagnostic testing reduces the turnaround time for pathogen identification in the clinical microbiology laboratory, but the impact on patient care and hospital costs is a matter of speculation. Patel et al. (J. Clin. Microbiol. 55:60-67, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01452-16) investigate the impact of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) in conjunction with active antimicrobial stewardship to determine if implementation is indeed worth the added costs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	20-23
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of clinical microbiology
Volume	55
Issue number	1
State	Published - Jan 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Microbiology (medical)

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McElvania TeKippe, E. (2017). The added cost of rapid diagnostic testing and active antimicrobial stewardship: Is it worth it? Journal of clinical microbiology, 55(1), 20-23.

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