Performance of the VITEK®2 advanced expert system™ for the validation of antimicrobial susceptibility testing results

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 effe...

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Published in:European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases 2021-06, Vol.40 (6), p.1333-1335
Main Authors: Pages monteiro, L, Von Allmen, N., Friesen, I., Huth, K., Zambardi, G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Antiinfectives and antibacterials
Antimicrobial agents
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Brief Report
Computer programs
Drugs
Expert systems
Genotype & phenotype
Internal Medicine
Laboratories
Medical Microbiology
Performance evaluation
Physicians
Software
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0934-9723
1435-4373
DOI:10.1007/s10096-021-04162-0