🏥 Health Apr 18, 2026 · Jessica Pasley

Rapid bloodstream infection testing shows high potential for timely, lifesaving treatment: Study

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Rapid bloodstream infection testing shows high potential for timely, lifesaving treatment: Study
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Ritu Banerjee, MD, PhD



Researchers at Vanderbilt Health continue efforts to discover how the use of novel technologies can assist in the detection and management of antimicrobial-resistant infections.  



A recent study, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), highlights the results from a nearly two-year multinational trial comparing whether rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) for bloodstream infections led to improved clinical outcomes versus stand

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