Impact of Adding Rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction-based Blood Culture Identification Panel to Antimicrobial Stewardship Program: Initial Experience

Rajalakshmi Arjun; Vettakkara Kandy Muhammed Niyas; Kalpana Elizabeth John; Ashalatha Nair; Febeena Hussain

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24329

Impact of Adding Rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction-based Blood Culture Identification Panel to Antimicrobial Stewardship Program: Initial Experience

Indian J Crit Care Med. 2022 Oct;26(10):1155-1157. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24329.

Authors

Rajalakshmi Arjun¹, Vettakkara Kandy Muhammed Niyas¹, Kalpana Elizabeth John², Ashalatha Nair², Febeena Hussain¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, KIMSHEALTH, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, KIMSHEALTH, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

Abstract

How to cite this article: Arjun R, Niyas VKM, John KE, Nair A, Hussain F. Impact of Adding Rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction-based Blood Culture Identification Panel to Antimicrobial Stewardship Program: Initial Experience. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(10):1155-1157.

Keywords: Antibiotic stewardship; Bacteremia; Blood culture identification; Blood culture identification 2; Multiplex polymerase chain reaction.