Evaluation of early antimicrobial therapy adaptation guided by the BetaLACTA® test: a case-control study

Abstract Background Rapid diagnostic tests detecting microbial resistance are needed for limiting the duration of inappropriateness of empirical antimicrobial therapy (EAT) in intensive care unit patients, besides reducing the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics. We hypothesized that the betaLACTA® te...

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Main Authors: Marc Garnier, Sacha Rozencwajg, Tài Pham, Sophie Vimont, Clarisse Blayau, Mehdi Hafiani, Jean-Pierre Fulgencio, Francis Bonnet, Jean-Luc Mainardi, Guillaume Arlet, Muriel Fartoukh, Salah Gallah, Christophe Quesnel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-017-1746-6