Rapid Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Critically Ill Children Using a Custom TaqMan Array Card

• Main Authors: John A. Clark (Author), Martin D. Curran (Author), Theodore Gouliouris (Author), Andrew Conway Morris (Author), Rachel Bousfield (Author), Vilas Navapurkar (Author), Iain R. L. Kean (Author), Esther Daubney (Author), Deborah White (Author), Stephen Baker (Author), Nazima Pathan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bacteria are identified in only 22% of critically ill children with respiratory infections treated with antimicrobial therapy. Once an organism is isolated, antimicrobial susceptibility results (phenotypic testing) can take another day. A rapid diagnostic test identifying antimicrobial resistance (A...