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Has your approach to direct-from-blood bacterial testing changed after a pragmatic RCT showed no reduction in antibiotic duration compared to blood cultures alone?

Gaston et al., PMID 41537587
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Infectious Disease · Christiana Care Health Syst
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No. As an ID practitioner and steward, I am using the data provided by the rapid diagnostics to target therapy as quickly as possible and minimize unnecessary broad abx as possible. As summarized by Banerjee et al., PMID 26197846, and as cited in this paper, active stewardship with audit/feedback is...

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