scholarly journals Performance and Impact on Initial Antibiotic Choice of Direct Identification of Pathogens from Pediatric Blood Culture Bottles Using an In-House MALDI-TOF MS Protocol

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Pérez-López ◽  
Nazik Elamin ◽  
Rhanty Nabor ◽  
Sarah Dumindin ◽  
Diane Roscoe ◽  
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We demonstrate the performance and early impact on the antimicrobial management of bloodstream infections of an inexpensive, in-house preparation method for direct identification of bloodstream pathogens in pediatric blood culture bottles by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization–time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

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