Integrating Rapid Pathogen Identification and Antimicrobial Stewardship Significantly Decreases Hospital Costs

Early diagnosis of gram-negative bloodstream infections, prompt identification of the infecting organism, and appropriate antibiotic therapy improve patient care outcomes and decrease health care expenditures. In an era of increasing antimicrobial resistance, methods to acquire and rapidly translate critical results into timely therapies for gram-negative bloodstream infections are needed.To determine whether mass spectrometry technology coupled...