Hospital antibiotic susceptibility testing results
In the first clinical trial, at Azienda Ospedaliera Sant’Andrea, Rome, antibiotic susceptibility testing was routinely performed by the hospital laboratory for 13 positive urine cultures, and results were provided after 48–96 hours. Among the 7 patients undergoing antibiotic therapy (54%), AST results confirmed that 53% of the infecting microorganisms were resistant to previously administered antibiotics while only 23.5% were susceptible. In 23.5% of the cases the antibiotics used in therapy were not tested in AST.In the second clinical trial, at Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata, Rome, antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed by hospital laboratory for 84 positive urine cultures, and results were provided after 48 hours. Among these patients, only 1 was undergoing antibiotic therapy.