Pathak Aaron, Shay Sabra, Lasco Todd, Al Mohajer Mayar
School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Department of Clinical Intelligence, Premier Inc., Charlotte, NC, USA.
Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2025 Feb 11;5(1):e35. doi: 10.1017/ash.2025.17. eCollection 2025.
Redundant and low-value cerebrospinal fluid analysis for suspected meningitis can increase costs and antimicrobial use. Our diagnostic stewardship intervention limited available infectious disease cerebrospinal fluid assays to seven common tests, including a multiplex polymerase chain reaction panel. There was no significant difference in the cost of testing or clinical outcomes.
对疑似脑膜炎进行多余且低价值的脑脊液分析会增加成本和抗菌药物的使用。我们的诊断管理干预措施将可用的感染性疾病脑脊液检测项目限制为七项常见检测,包括一个多重聚合酶链反应检测板。检测成本或临床结果没有显著差异。