Performance and Impact on Antibiotic Prescriptions of a Multiplex PCR in a Real-Life Cohort of Critically Ill Patients with Suspected Ventilated Pneumonia: A Retrospective Monocentric Observational Study

• Main Authors: Emma Chambe (Author), Perrine Bortolotti (Author), Rémy Diesnis (Author), Caroline Laurans (Author), Rozenn Héquette-Ruz (Author), Sophie Panaget (Author), Patrick Herbecq (Author), Anne Vachée (Author), Agnès Meybeck (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Pulmonary multiplex polymerase chain reaction (m-PCR) allows rapid pathogen detection. We aimed to assess its impact on initial antibiotic prescriptions in ventilated patients with suspected pneumonia. Between November 2020 and March 2022,ventilated patients with suspected pneumonia hospitalized in...