Accelerated Bacterial Identification with MALDI-TOF MS Leads to Fewer Diagnostic Tests and Cost Savings
Miriam Uzuriaga, Francisco Guillén-Grima, Marta Rua, José Leiva, José R. Yuste · 2024
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Description
Miriam Uzuriaga leads a team on fast bacterial identification and costs. Their study from twenty twenty-four deals with MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Rapid lab reports can lift clinic and money outcomes.
A three year study ran at a university medical center. Hospital patients with bacterial infections were enrolled. A past control group got reports late in the day. The test group got species names hours earlier. Susceptibility results still came in the evening slot. The early group needed fewer follow up tests. Savings followed the drop in extra testing. Test counts fell across several lab types.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Miriam Uzuriaga, Francisco Guillén-Grima, Marta Rua, José Leiva, José R. Yuste |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |