Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) Assay for Evaluating Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens

The study evaluated times to VITEK^® REVEAL™ AST assay results for Enterobacteriaceae in both simulated and clinical positive blood culture (PBC) samples. It provides result timings in hours, categorized by whether the organisms were susceptible or resistant to specific antibiotics. This research offers insights into optimizing antibiotic treatment strategies based on fast susceptibility profiling.