Effective Rapid Diagnosis of Bacterial and Fungal Bloodstream Infections by T2 Magnetic Resonance Technology in the Pediatric Population
Barbara Lucignano, Valeria Cento, Marilena Agosta, Federico Ambrogi, Sami Albitar‐Nehme, Livia Mancinelli, Giordana Mattana, Manuela Onori, Federica Galaverna, Luca Di Chiara, Tiziana Fragasso, Roberto Bianchi, Francesca Tortora, Cinzia Auriti, Andrea Dotta, Corrado Cecchetti, Salvatore Perdichizzi, Massimiliano Raponi, Andrea Onetti Muda, Silvia Nerini Molteni, Alberto Villani, Franco Locatelli, Carlo Federico Perno, Paola Bernaschi
Abstract
< 0.001). T2 panels rapidly and accurately enable a diagnosis of a pediatric BSI, even in children under 1 year of age and for very small blood volumes. These findings support their clinical use in life-threatening pediatric infections, where the time to diagnosis is of utmost importance, in order to improve survival and minimize the long-term sequalae of sepsis. The T2 technology could be further developed to include more bacteria and fungi species that are involved in the etiology of sepsis.