5 Topic Commentaries

Bloodstream Infection Results in Hours

Bloodstream Infection Results in Hours

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  Pranita Tamma, MD, MHS

  Pediatric Infectious Diseases

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  Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  Delays in prescribing effective antibiotic therapy for drug-resistant infections increase the risk of poor outcomes.

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  Patricia J. Simner, PhD, D(ABMM)

  Clinical Microbiology

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  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  We were able to cut time to identifying effective antibiotic therapy by at least 20 hours.

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  Christopher Hostler, MD, MPH

  Infectious Diseases

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  Duke University School of Medicine

  …can give us blood culture results within the span of hours instead of days.

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  Purvesh Khatri, PhD

  Computational Medicine/Immunology

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  Stanford University School of Medicine

  Time is of the essence in the proper diagnosis of sepsis.

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  Donald E. Ingber, MD, PhD

  Vascular Biology & Bioengineering

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  Harvard Medical School / Wyss Institute at Harvard University

  …treat patients quickly without having to wait days to identify the source of infection…

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