Getting the drugs right through active testing

Link: The Impact of mecA Gene Testing and Infectious Diseases Pharmacists' Intervention on the Time to Optimal Antimicrobial Therapy for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia at a University Hospital -- Carver et al., 10.1128/JCM.00801-08 -- Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, Infectious Diseases pharmacist intervention based on the results of mecA tests resulted in a a 25.4 hour reduction in the time to optimal antimicrobial therapy, from 64.7 ± 36.8 to 39.3 ± 15.5 hours (p = 0.002), which may result in decreased mortality.