Abstract
Time to reporting antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) results to physicians plays an essential role in antibiotic stewardship programs. Expert software has been developed for facilitating the microbiologists’ AST review process. The reliability of the VITEK®2 Advanced Expert™ software to effectively alert the microbiologist in detection of atypical and inconsistent AST results was assessed at the Labor Berlin—Charité Vivantes services. The results demonstrated a confidence rate of 99.3% in reporting fully consistent AST results to physicians.
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We would like to acknowledge Mrs. Martine Olleon, Mrs. Christine Franceschi, and Mrs. Laurence Nougier, from bioMerieux, for their support for analyzing the reports and Dr. Patricia De Saint Jean from bioMerieux for facilitating the study.
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All AST reports have been generated as part of the routine work of Labor Berlin performed with their VITEK2 instruments. Supplies such as media, ETEST, and VITEK2 AST cards have been provided by bioMerieux.
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LPM expertized and analyzed all the AST reports and wrote the manuscript.
NvA help to expertize and analyze all the AST reports and review the manuscript.
IF provided all AST reports, conceptualized the laboratory work, help to expertize and analyze all the AST reports and review the manuscript.
KH performed all ETEST retests.
GZ expertized and analyzed all the AST reports and review the manuscript.
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Laurence Pagès Monteiro and Gilles Zambardi are bioMerieux employees.
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Pages monteiro, L., Von Allmen, N., Friesen, I. et al. Performance of the VITEK®2 advanced expert system™ for the validation of antimicrobial susceptibility testing results. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 40, 1333–1335 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-021-04162-0
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