Impact of Adding a Rapid PCR-Based Blood Culture Identification Panel to the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program of Patients with Febrile Neutropenia in a Peruvian Referral Hospital

• Main Authors: Giancarlo Pérez-Lazo (Author), Juana del Valle-Mendoza (Author), Roxana Sandoval-Ahumada (Author), Fernando Soto-Febres (Author), Raúl Castillo-Córdova (Author), Melissa Zárate-Tantaleán (Author), Liliana Morales-Castillo (Author), Celia Joanna Páucar-Miranda (Author), Milagros Altamirano-Molina (Author), Iván Pacheco-Modesto (Author), Claudia Ruiz de Somocurcio-Cruzado (Author), Denis Arana-Jurado (Author), Carmen del Villar-Alarcón (Author), Olga Vargas-Castro (Author), Carol Díaz-Bardales (Author), Bruno Guerrero-Arismendiz (Author), Renee Eyzaguirre-Zapata (Author), Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis (Author), Johanna Martins-Luna (Author), Wilmer Silva-Caso (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The addition of Biofire^® FilmArray^® Blood Culture Identification panel 2 (BCID2) to the antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) could improve outcomes in bloodstream infections (BSI) of patients with febrile neutropenia (FN). A pre- and post-quasi-experi...