Comparative Evaluation of Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing on Vitek-2 Compact and Direct Sensitivity Test from Blood Cultures from a Tertiary Care Centre in South India

Comparative Evaluation of Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing on Vitek-2 Compact and Direct Sensitivity Test from Blood Cultures from a Tertiary Care Centre in South India

Bloodstream infections (BSIs), recognized to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally, are increasing in incidence. India currently tackles an estimated 7,50,000 cases of BSI every year which includes 2% of hospitalized patients and 70% of patients admitted in the Intensive Care Unit. Th...

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Main Authors: Praveen C. Shetty, Thasneem S. Luqman, Raghavendra D. Kulkarni, Parashuram Y. Koti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
Subjects:
bloodstream infections
blood culture
direct sensitivity test.
Online Access:https://microbiologyjournal.org/comparative-evaluation-of-antibiotic-susceptibility-testing-on-vitek-2-compact-and-direct-sensitivity-test-from-blood-cultures-from-a-tertiary-care-centre-in-south-india/

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