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Impact of Rapid Identification and Stewardship Intervention on Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus Bloodstream Infection.

Eli S GoshornJ Alex ViehmanJ Ryan BariolaTina M KhademBrian A PotoskiRyan K Shields
Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2023)
We investigated the impact of rapid diagnostic testing with and without algorithm-based stewardship recommendations on antibiotic use for bloodstream infection with coagulase-negative staphylococci. A significant reduction in antibiotic days of therapy was achieved in the stewardship intervention group that was not seen with rapid diagnostic testing alone.
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