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ArticleAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE2025

Use of BacterioScan 216Dx to reduce antibiotic use for suspected urinary tract infection in the emergency department.

Kelly Gao, Vishak Kumar, Giovanni Divinagracia, Thomas J Kirn, Bert Berla, Keith S Kaye, Ahmed Abdul Azim

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Article in Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Kelly GaoIcahn School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Vishak KumarDivision of Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Giovanni DivinagraciaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Thomas J KirnDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Bert BerlaBacterioscan Inc, St Louis, MO, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9934-6860
Keith S KayeDivision of Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Ahmed Abdul AzimDivision of Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7940-4320

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We assessed whether negative BacterioScan urine screen results could reduce unnecessary antibiotic use in emergency department patients with positive urinalyses. Among 82 patients with concordant negative results for both BacterioScan and urine culture, 10% were prescribed antibiotics. Real-time access to BacterioScan may have led to antibiotic avoidance in these patients.

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PMCPMC12722532

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