title: Development of a treatment algorithm for streptococci and enterococci from positive blood cultures identified with the Verigene Gram-positive blood culture assay.
abstract: Seventy-eight blood cultures with a Gram stain result of Gram-positive cocci in pairs and/or chains were evaluated with the Nanosphere Verigene Gram-positive blood culture (BC-GP) assay. The overall concordance of the assay with culture was 89.7% (70/78 cultures), allowing for the development of a targeted treatment algorithm.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology/Immunology Laboratories, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alby
authors.forename: Lindsay M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Daniels
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Melissa B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents