A Multicenter Clinical Study To Demonstrate the Diagnostic Accuracy of the GenMark Dx ePlex Blood Culture Identification Gram-Negative Panel
Donna M. Wolk, Stephen Young, Natalie N. Whitfield, Jennifer L. Reid, Adam Thornberg, Karen C. Carroll, Blake W. Buchan, Thomas E. Davis, Hossein Salimnia
Abstract
Bacteremia can progress to septic shock and death without appropriate medical intervention. Increasing evidence supports the role of molecular diagnostic panels in reducing the clinical impact of these infections through rapid identification of the infecting organism and associated antimicrobial resistance genes.
Topics & Concepts
Blood cultureBacteremiaMicrobiologyGramGram stainingMedicineClinical microbiologyBiologyAntimicrobialInternal medicineBacteriaAntibioticsGeneticsBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingStreptococcal Infections and TreatmentsInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management