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American Society for Microbiology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 6(50), p. 2056-2058, 2012

DOI: 10.1128/jcm.06773-11

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Impact of Results of a Rapid Staphylococcus aureus Diagnostic Test on Prescribing of Antibiotics for Patients with Clustered Gram-Positive Cocci in Blood Cultures

Journal article published in 2012 by Jane Davies, Claire L. Gordon ORCID, Steven Y. C. Tong, Robert W. Baird, Joshua S. Davis
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Abstract

ABSTRACT In tropical northern Australia, approximately 20% of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We prospectively evaluated the impact on clinician antibiotic prescribing of the results obtained from performing the GeneXpert MRSA/SA test on 151 positive blood cultures with clustered Gram-positive cocci. The GeneXpert result led to earlier appropriate prescription of vancomycin for 54% of patients with MRSA; 25% of patients avoided vancomycin, and 16% of patients had all antibiotics ceased.