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Review
. 2021 Mar 10:8:635831.
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.635831. eCollection 2021.

Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methods for Blood Cultures and Their Clinical Impact

Ritu Banerjee  1 , Romney Humphries  2
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Review

Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methods for Blood Cultures and Their Clinical Impact

Ritu Banerjee et al. Front Med (Lausanne). .

Abstract

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of bacteria isolated in blood cultures is critical for optimal management of patients with sepsis. This review describes new and emerging phenotypic and genotypic AST methods and summarizes the evidence that implementation of these methods can impact clinical outcomes of patients with bloodstream infections.

Keywords: antimicrobial susceptibility testing; bloodstream infection; genotypic; phenotypic; sepsis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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