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. 2023 Aug 2;3(1):e135.
doi: 10.1017/ash.2023.174. eCollection 2023.

Impact of gastrointestinal polymerase chain reaction panels on antibiotic utilization in hospitalized adult patients

Gillean A Kelly  1   2 , Roumen Iordanov  3 , Alex Franklin  3 , Amna Ahmed  3 , Krithika Srinivasan  3 , Jesica Hayon  3 , Todd Lasco  4 , Rosie Amini  5 , Sabra Shay  5 , Prathit A Kulkarni  3   6 , Mayar Al Mohajer  3
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Impact of gastrointestinal polymerase chain reaction panels on antibiotic utilization in hospitalized adult patients

Gillean A Kelly et al. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. .

Abstract

Multiplex stool polymerase chain reaction (PCR) panels offer rapid comprehensive testing for patients with infectious diarrhea. We compared antibiotic utilization among hospitalized patients with suspected infectious diarrhea who underwent diagnostic testing with either a stool culture or stool PCR panel. No significant differences in antibiotic utilization were identified.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

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Figure 1.
Count of antibiotic days of therapy (DOT) and length of therapy (LOT) by preintervention group (October 2021–November 2021) and postintervention group (January 2022–February 2022).
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