Effect of Antimicrobial Stewardship with Rapid MALDI-TOF Identification and Vitek 2 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing on Hospitalization Outcome
S. Cavalieri, S. S. Kwon, R. Vivekanandan, S. Ased, C. Carroll, J. Anthone, D. Schmidt, M. Baysden, C. J. Destache
This study compares hospitalization outcomes between two years, finding faster identification and susceptibility testing with MALDI-TOF/Vitek 2 and antimicrobial stewardship, leading to shorter hospital stays.
bioRxiv · Mar 20, 2019Microbiology