Robert A. Bonomo

A-108 Comprehensive Performance Evaluation of a Rapid, Universal, Sepsis Diagnostic Workflow that identifies Pathogens and characterizes their Antimicrobial Resistance

Rapid and accurate diagnosis of bloodstream infections (BSIs) is essential to initiate appropriate therapy in patients with sepsis, where mortality risk increases with every passing hour. The current gold standard, blood culture, requires approximately 15–72 hours for pathogen identification (ID), followed by an...